Making History: Six Books That Embrace the 1970s

Making History: Six Books That Embrace the 1970s

Yes, Novels Set in the 70s Are Historical Fiction Now

By Donna Gordon | June 23, 2022

From Ice Hockey Upsets to the Fastest Man Alive: The Best Books About Underdogs

From Ice Hockey Upsets to the Fastest Man Alive: The Best Books About Underdogs

Michel Loynd Recommends Books to Inspire Us

By Michael Loynd | June 23, 2022

Looking Back at the Fall of Tobruk, 80 Years Later

Looking Back at the Fall of Tobruk, 80 Years Later

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | June 23, 2022

Of Wazhazhe Land and Language: The Ongoing Project of Ancestral Work

Of Wazhazhe Land and Language: The Ongoing Project of Ancestral Work

Chelsea T. Hicks on the Land Back Movement and Working Toward Rematriation

By Chelsea T. Hicks | June 22, 2022

The Oddest of Organs: A Brief History of the Tongue

The Oddest of Organs: A Brief History of the Tongue

Kate Crowcroft: “The tongue is employed as a metaphor for the extension and consumption of aeons.”

By Kate Crowcroft | June 22, 2022

<em>Manhattan Phoenix</em> by Daniel S. Levy, Read by Mike Lenz

Manhattan Phoenix by Daniel S. Levy, Read by Mike Lenz

On the History of 19th-Century Manhattan

By Behind the Mic | June 22, 2022

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How Jean-Paul Sartre's relentless pranking forced his teacher to resign.

By Emily Temple | June 21, 2022

On the Etymologies and Linguistic Evolutions of “Family”

By Marina Manoukian | June 21, 2022

“Will There Be War in the Morning?” Inside the Home of Italy’s Foreign Minister, August, 1939

By Tilar J. Mazzeo | June 21, 2022

<em>Adriatic</em> by Robert D. Kaplan, Read by Arthur Morey

Adriatic by Robert D. Kaplan, Read by Arthur Morey

A Wide-Ranging Travel Narrative

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The Creative Rebellion of Black Liberated Life: A Reading List for Juneteenth

The Creative Rebellion of Black Liberated Life: A Reading List for Juneteenth

Kris Manjapra on Ross Gay, Alice Walker, Ralph Ellison, and More

By Kris Manjapra | June 20, 2022

Why Joe Biden Should Be Supporting Sovereignty and Not Democracy in Ukraine

Why Joe Biden Should Be Supporting Sovereignty and Not Democracy in Ukraine

Stephen Wertheim in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | June 19, 2022

How Are Watergate and the January 6th Insurrection Similar? Nixon and Trump's Shared Paranoia and Isolation From the Outside World

How Are Watergate and the January 6th Insurrection Similar? Nixon and Trump's Shared Paranoia and Isolation From the Outside World

Garrett Graff in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | June 19, 2022

How to Reimagine White Supremacy in the Heartland of the American Midwest

How to Reimagine White Supremacy in the Heartland of the American Midwest

Britt Halvorson in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | June 19, 2022

Crypto Crashes, Inflation, Gun-Toting White Nationalists... This is Steve Bannon’s Perfect Storm

Crypto Crashes, Inflation, Gun-Toting White Nationalists... This is Steve Bannon’s Perfect Storm

Andrew Keen on the Fragile State of American Democracy

By Andrew Keen | June 17, 2022

“Each War Zone Spawns Its Own Bibliography.” On Reading as a Humanitarian Worker

“Each War Zone Spawns Its Own Bibliography.” On Reading as a Humanitarian Worker

Gareth Owen Recommends Ben Okri, Barbara Kingsolver, and More

By Gareth Owen | June 17, 2022

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