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Nikole Hannah-Jones on Opposition to the 1619 Project and Teaching Slavery in Schools

Nikole Hannah-Jones on Opposition to the 1619 Project and Teaching Slavery in Schools

”What these bills make clear is that the fights over the 1619 Project, at their essence, are about power.“

By Nikole Hannah-Jones | February 10, 2023

Fintan O’Toole on Contemporary Ireland as a Model for an Open 21st-Century Society

Fintan O’Toole on Contemporary Ireland as a Model for an Open 21st-Century Society

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 10, 2023

Jack Parlett on the Sentient Allure of Fire Island

Jack Parlett on the Sentient Allure of Fire Island

This Week on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | February 9, 2023

The Truth Behind the Poetry: On the Facts and Myths of the American Revolution’s Early Days

The Truth Behind the Poetry: On the Facts and Myths of the American Revolution’s Early Days

Bob Thompson on Paul Revere's Ride and What Came Next

By Bob Thompson | February 8, 2023

More Than A Meal: How White House Dinners Shape Presidential Policy

More Than A Meal: How White House Dinners Shape Presidential Policy

Alex Prud’homme Considers the Gastronomic History of the American Presidency

By Alex Prud’homme | February 8, 2023

How America Came to Enthusiastically Embrace Sushi

How America Came to Enthusiastically Embrace Sushi

The Rapid Rise from Buzzworthy Trend to Grab-and-Go Staple

By Lisa Kingsley in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution | February 8, 2023

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Bob Thompson Gets Into His Gas-Guzzling VW in Search of the American War of Independence

By Keen On | February 8, 2023

Susan Wels on the Connection of a 19th-Century Sex Cult to a President’s Murder

By Keen On | February 8, 2023

How Astronaut Class 8 Broke Racial and Gender Barriers

By Meredith Bagby | February 7, 2023

What Oslo’s Future Library Means for Writers and the Written Word

What Oslo’s Future Library Means for Writers and the Written Word

Martin Puchner on the Survival of Culture Throughout the Ages

By Martin Puchner | February 7, 2023

Kwame Dawes on <em>The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass</em>

Kwame Dawes on The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Dawes, the great poet and critic, reflects on the legacy of the rhetorician and abolitionist Douglass, in the introduction to a new edition of his monumental autobiography

By Kwame Dawes | February 6, 2023

Mysteries Contained Therein: In Praise of the Literary Journal Longform Interview

Mysteries Contained Therein: In Praise of the Literary Journal Longform Interview

Nick Ripatrazone Goes Into the Journal Archives for Gass, Murdoch, Elkin, and More

By Nick Ripatrazone | February 3, 2023

Planet Koresh: Inside the Mount Carmel Compound in Waco, Texas

Planet Koresh: Inside the Mount Carmel Compound in Waco, Texas

Kevin Cook on the Rise of David Koresh and the Branch Davidian Cult

By Kevin Cook | February 2, 2023

The Return of the Dissident Academic Model: Balazs Trencsenyi on the Invisible University for Ukraine

The Return of the Dissident Academic Model: Balazs Trencsenyi on the Invisible University for Ukraine

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 2, 2023

Eleanor Shearer on Writing a Post-Slavery West Indian Novel Celebrating Motherhood and Resilience

Eleanor Shearer on Writing a Post-Slavery West Indian Novel Celebrating Motherhood and Resilience

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 1, 2023

<em>Emily</em> Disregards the Most Compelling Part of the Brontë Sisterhood

Emily Disregards the Most Compelling Part of the Brontë Sisterhood

Iona Glen on What’s Lost in Frances O’Connor’s New Film

By Iona Glen | January 31, 2023

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