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How Franz Kafka Achieved Cult Status in Cold War America

How Franz Kafka Achieved Cult Status in Cold War America

Brian K. Goodman Traces the Origins of the Term “Kafkaesque”

By Brian K. Goodman | July 5, 2023

Jake Skeets on Diné Food Traditions and the Relationship Between Food and Community

Jake Skeets on Diné Food Traditions and the Relationship Between Food and Community

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | July 5, 2023

Chronicle of a Battle Foretold: How One Town Went to War Over Desegregation

Chronicle of a Battle Foretold: How One Town Went to War Over Desegregation

Rachel Louise Martin on the Explosive Fight for Civil Rights in the American South

By Rachel Louise Martin | July 5, 2023

Wade Davis on the British Desire to Conquer the “Third Pole,” Mount Everest

Wade Davis on the British Desire to Conquer the “Third Pole,” Mount Everest

In Conversation with Razia Iqbal on Baillie Gifford’s Read Smart Podcast

By Read Smart | July 5, 2023

Before They Were Cliches: On the Origins of 8 Worn Out Idioms

Before They Were Cliches: On the Origins of 8 Worn Out Idioms

Erin McCarthy and the Team at Mental Floss Examine Some Famous Phrases

By Erin McCarthy & the Team at Mental Floss | June 30, 2023

10 Nonfiction Books to Read This July

10 Nonfiction Books to Read This July

John McPhee, Terrance Hayes, Richard Wagamese, and More

By Jonny Diamond | June 30, 2023

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Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times: Life Under Occupation in WWII

By Bryn Turnbull | June 30, 2023

The Making of a Bad Woman (2,000 Years Ago)

By Honor Cargill-Martin | June 29, 2023

Richard Langlois on the Cultural and Economic History of Modern American Business

By Keen On | June 29, 2023

David Niewert on the Radical Right’s Assault on American Democracy

David Niewert on the Radical Right’s Assault on American Democracy

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 29, 2023

How Queen Elizabeth I Remembered and Honored Her Mother, Anne Boleyn

How Queen Elizabeth I Remembered and Honored Her Mother, Anne Boleyn

Tracy Borman on Two of British History’s Most Famous Monarchs

By Tracy Borman | June 28, 2023

Itamar Rabinovich on Israel, the Palestinians, and an Inglorious 75-Year History of Failed Peace Initiatives

Itamar Rabinovich on Israel, the Palestinians, and an Inglorious 75-Year History of Failed Peace Initiatives

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 28, 2023

How Oscar Wilde Created a Queer, Mysterious Symbol in Green Carnations

How Oscar Wilde Created a Queer, Mysterious Symbol in Green Carnations

Tara Isabella Burton on One of Literature’s Great Trendsetters

By Tara Isabella Burton | June 27, 2023

Class, Power, and Murder on the Emerald Isle: The Case of Malcolm Macarthur

Class, Power, and Murder on the Emerald Isle: The Case of Malcolm Macarthur

Mark O’Connell Investigates the Crimes and the Killer That Defined a Generation

By Mark O’Connell | June 27, 2023

How Inflammatory Rhetoric Feeds the Insurrectional Fantasies of the Far-Right

How Inflammatory Rhetoric Feeds the Insurrectional Fantasies of the Far-Right

David Neiwert on Trump-Inspired Domestic Terrorism

By David Neiwert | June 27, 2023

On the “Peace” Conference That Changed the 20th Century

On the “Peace” Conference That Changed the 20th Century

Historian Margaret MacMillan in Conversation on Baillie Gifford’s Read Smart Podcast

By Read Smart | June 27, 2023

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