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Dealing with the Dead in Japan: On Cleaning Up After the Departed

Dealing with the Dead in Japan: On Cleaning Up After the Departed

Anne Allison Considers the Post-Mortem Care Work of “Keepers”

By Anne Allison | March 10, 2023

The Soul of a New Narrative: Another Look at Stories of Mixed Heritage

The Soul of a New Narrative: Another Look at Stories of Mixed Heritage

Sophfronia Scott on Passing, and Tracing the Boundaries of Prejudice in Biracial Characters

By Sophfronia Scott | March 9, 2023

Jennifer Wright on Madame Restell, Anthony Comstock, and Abortion in the 19th Century

Jennifer Wright on Madame Restell, Anthony Comstock, and Abortion in the 19th Century

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | March 9, 2023

Elisabeth Griffith on American Women and the Fight for Equality

Elisabeth Griffith on American Women and the Fight for Equality

In Conversation with Roxanne Coady on Just the Right Book

By Just the Right Book | March 9, 2023

A Brief History of All the Women Who Have Won the Nobel Prize

A Brief History of All the Women Who Have Won the Nobel Prize

“They must represent us all; they must, with their words, illuminate the universal via the specific.”

By Jessi Haley | March 8, 2023

The Amazon’s History is Also That of Its Indigenous Residents

The Amazon’s History is Also That of Its Indigenous Residents

Eliane Brum on Whiteness, Bodies in Different Languages, and a More Holistic Approach to Ecology

By Eliane Brum | March 8, 2023

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On the Rise and Fall (and Rise?) of German Militarism, From the 17th Century to Today

By Peter H. Wilson | March 8, 2023

Encounters with a Mad King: Jac Jemc on Finding a Story While Lost in Research

By Jac Jemc | March 7, 2023

On the Mundane Letters of John Keats

By Geoffrey D. Morrison | March 6, 2023

Countries Real and Imagined: Chris McCormick on Creating His Own Armenia

Countries Real and Imagined: Chris McCormick on Creating His Own Armenia

“I was not—and had never been—the only one comparing imagination to reality.”

By Chris McCormick | March 6, 2023

Michael G. Long on Why Jackie Robinson’s Political Legacy is at Least as Important as His Sporting One

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The Day Explorers Finally Found One of the World’s Great Lost Shipwrecks

The Day Explorers Finally Found One of the World’s Great Lost Shipwrecks

A Century After Ernest Shackleton’s Death, The Endurance Reveals Itself

By Mensun Bound | March 3, 2023

Yes, Sydney, Australia in the 1960s Was the Drag Capital of the World

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Amid Deep-Rooted Homophobia, Titillating and Fantastically Glamorous Shows Were Annual Events

By Craig Seligman | March 3, 2023

The Brave Women Who Saved the Collected Texts of Hildegard of Bingen

The Brave Women Who Saved the Collected Texts of Hildegard of Bingen

Janina Ramirez on the Rescue of a Priceless Manuscript in Post-War Germany

By Janina Ramirez | March 3, 2023

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Of War and Capitalism: The Debate About All Quiet on the Western Front Goes All the Way Back to the Book

Bruce Krajewski on the Criticism of Erich Maria Remarque’s 1929 Novel and Its Oscar-Nominated Adaptation

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On the Evolution of the World’s Oldest Encyclopedia

On the Evolution of the World’s Oldest Encyclopedia

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