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On the Historical and Contemporary Significance of <em>Oppenheimer</em>

On the Historical and Contemporary Significance of Oppenheimer

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | July 27, 2023

A Transformative Moment in the History of Fishing: On Catching the Largest Tuna Ever Recorded

A Transformative Moment in the History of Fishing: On Catching the Largest Tuna Ever Recorded

Karen Pinchin on Nova Scotia in the 1930s and the Men Who Made History

By Karen Pinchin | July 25, 2023

The Burden of Truth: Fictionalizing My Father’s Years at a Federal Leprosy Treatment Center

The Burden of Truth: Fictionalizing My Father’s Years at a Federal Leprosy Treatment Center

Wendy Chin-Tanner on the Dual Gaze Required to Write a Novel Inspired by True Events

By Wendy Chin-Tanner | July 25, 2023

Poe vs. Himself: On the Writer’s One-Sided War with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Poe vs. Himself: On the Writer’s One-Sided War with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Anne Whitehouse Tells the Story of the Little Longfellow War

By Anne Whitehouse | July 24, 2023

How a Patchwork of Conflicting Narratives Created Contemporary Eastern Europe

How a Patchwork of Conflicting Narratives Created Contemporary Eastern Europe

Jacob Mikanowski Explores the Fraught Construction of Post-Communist Historical Memory

By Jacob Mikanowski | July 24, 2023

Jacob Mikanowski on the Cultural-Political Idea Formerly Known as “Eastern Europe”

Jacob Mikanowski on the Cultural-Political Idea Formerly Known as “Eastern Europe”

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | July 21, 2023

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“I felt like a werewolf—hiding from prying eyes, not wanting anyone to see me transform.”

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Why Are So Many Babies Born Via C-Section?

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Allison Yarrow on the Under-Examined Assumption of Cesarean Birth

By Allison Yarrow | July 19, 2023

How Syrian Writer Khaled Khalifa Navigates Exile Abroad and At Home

How Syrian Writer Khaled Khalifa Navigates Exile Abroad and At Home

Alfred J. Naddaff Spends 72 Hours in Zurich With the Chronicler of Modern Syria

By Alfred J. Naddaff | July 18, 2023

Talking to the Mafia About Michael Jackson, Donald Trump, and Jimmy Hoffa

Talking to the Mafia About Michael Jackson, Donald Trump, and Jimmy Hoffa

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | July 18, 2023

Enabling a Conversation Between Rural and Urban America

Enabling a Conversation Between Rural and Urban America

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | July 18, 2023

The Race to Make Hollywood’s First Atomic Bomb Movie

The Race to Make Hollywood’s First Atomic Bomb Movie

Before Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, the World Nearly Got Ayn Rand’s ”Tribute to Free Enterprise”

By Greg Mitchell | July 17, 2023

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