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Lurid, Offensive, Troublesome: On the Rise of “Underground Comix”

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Brian Doherty Looks Back at the Rebellious Illustrators of the 1960s

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The Power of Community: On the Radical History of Women’s Magazines

The Power of Community: On the Radical History of Women’s Magazines

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“I do not like people whose principal aim is pleasure.” When James Baldwin Went to Fire Island

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Jack Parlett on Where the Iconic Writer Wrote Another Country

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On the Hidden History of Gay Washington

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James Kirchick in Conversation with Andrew Keen

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Ada Calhoun on Ouida, The Most Famous Lady Novelist You’ve Never Heard Of

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