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A Cartogropher’s Glorious Paean to the Landscape of Connemara

A Cartogropher’s Glorious Paean to the Landscape of Connemara

Tim Robinson on the Lore of Sea and Shore in Ireland

By Tim Robinson | November 17, 2023

How Michele Wallace Sought Black Women’s Liberation Through Art

How Michele Wallace Sought Black Women’s Liberation Through Art

Courtney Thorsson on the Emergence of a Black Feminist Literary Culture in America

By Courtney Thorsson | November 17, 2023

How the NYPD Attempted to Navigate Cultural and Linguistic Barriers in the Early 20th Century

How the NYPD Attempted to Navigate Cultural and Linguistic Barriers in the Early 20th Century

Matthew Guariglia on the Challenges of Urban Policing

By Matthew Guariglia | November 17, 2023

Not Everyone Agreed with Albert Einstein—Including Children, Schrödinger, and Heisenberg

Not Everyone Agreed with Albert Einstein—Including Children, Schrödinger, and Heisenberg

Samuel Graydon on Three Moments in the Life of the Scientist

By Samuel Graydon | November 16, 2023

How Isaac Bashevis Singer Preserved European Jewish Life Through Literature

How Isaac Bashevis Singer Preserved European Jewish Life Through Literature

David Stromberg on the Artistic Vision of the Polish-Born American Nobel Laureate

By David Stromberg | November 16, 2023

Jenny Erpenbeck on Spying, Lying, and Eros

Jenny Erpenbeck on Spying, Lying, and Eros

In Conversation with Ellen Adams in Montréal

By Ellen Adams | November 15, 2023

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Kali Fajardo-Anstine in Praise of Willa Cather and the American Southwest

By Kali Fajardo-Anstine | November 14, 2023

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From Ghassan Kanafani's "Men in the Sun" to Adania Shibli's "Minor Detail"

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Why We Should Celebrate the 400th Anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio

Why We Should Celebrate the 400th Anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio

Six Scholars on the Most Important 844,421 Words in Literature

By Literary Hub | November 13, 2023

In Praise of the Tangible Sacredness of the Printed Word

In Praise of the Tangible Sacredness of the Printed Word

How Physical Copies of Shakespeare's First Folio Cemented the Bard's Legacy

By Ed Simon | November 13, 2023

The 400th Anniversary: Look Inside Shakespeare’s First Folio

The 400th Anniversary: Look Inside Shakespeare’s First Folio

A Sneak Peak at Rizzoli and The British Library's Facsimile Edition

By Literary Hub | November 13, 2023

Where Everyone is Hamlet: Staging Shakespeare as Political Resistance in China

Where Everyone is Hamlet: Staging Shakespeare as Political Resistance in China

Vikram Nijhawan on the Bard’s Role in 20th Century China

By Vikram Nijhawan | November 13, 2023

The Dalton Gang's Final, Doomed Heists in the Twilight of the Old West

The Dalton Gang's Final, Doomed Heists in the Twilight of the Old West

The Last Bloody, Nasty Days of the Famous Bandits

By Tom Clavin | November 10, 2023

The History of Writing is the History of Humanity

The History of Writing is the History of Humanity

Walter Stephens on Lost Books, Rediscovery, and Ancient Wisdom

By Walter Stephens | November 10, 2023

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