James Patterson Remembers the Time James Baldwin Fought Norman Mailer

James Patterson Remembers the Time James Baldwin Fought Norman Mailer

“They were arguing loudly, fists clenched, looking like they were ready to rumble.”

By James Patterson | June 8, 2022

Summer Vacations Are a 19th-Century Invention of the Rich

Summer Vacations Are a 19th-Century Invention of the Rich

Charles McGrath on the Ritualizing of Idleness

By Charles McGrath | June 8, 2022

How Jazz Fueled a Nationwide Dance Craze—and Made Its Way to Paris

How Jazz Fueled a Nationwide Dance Craze—and Made Its Way to Paris

Stuart Isacoff on the Music That Captured the Country

By Stuart Isacoff | June 8, 2022

Why Geography Explains Everything From Brexit to Cuba to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Why Geography Explains Everything From Brexit to Cuba to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Ian Morris in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | June 8, 2022

Why Watergate Is Intimately Bound Up With the CIA’s Role in the JFK Assassination

Why Watergate Is Intimately Bound Up With the CIA’s Role in the JFK Assassination

Jefferson Morley in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | June 8, 2022

What the Ancient Greeks <em>Thought</em> They Understood About Blood

What the Ancient Greeks Thought They Understood About Blood

Dr. Dhun Sethna on Homer, Hippocrates, and the Vascular System

By Dr. Dhun Sethna | June 7, 2022

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Lars Horn on the Intimate History Between Skin and Ink

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Panoramic Panels: On the Power and Potential of Graphic Novels to Convey a Bygone New York

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Why Walt Whitman Wrote <em>Leaves of Grass</em>

Why Walt Whitman Wrote Leaves of Grass

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How the 300-Year-Old Cuba-America Relationship Could Have Been Written By a Latin American Novelist

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Ada Ferrer in Conversation with Andrew Keen

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On the Dangers of Greatness: A Conversation with Svetlana Alexievich

On the Dangers of Greatness: A Conversation with Svetlana Alexievich

“We simply have to overcome this threat.”

By José Vergara | June 3, 2022

How <em>Hacks</em> Captures the Disconnect Between Two Generations of Feminism

How Hacks Captures the Disconnect Between Two Generations of Feminism

Alison B. Hart on the Sophomore Season of HBO Max’s Biting Comedy

By Alison B. Hart | June 3, 2022

What an Archive of Testimonials Tells Us About Abortion Before <em>Roe</em>

What an Archive of Testimonials Tells Us About Abortion Before Roe

Rosa Campbell on the Association to Repeal Abortion Laws

By Rosa Campbell | June 3, 2022

How 19th-Century Gun-Makers Helped Preserve the Union

How 19th-Century Gun-Makers Helped Preserve the Union

John Bainbridge, Jr. on the Weapons That Won the Civil War

By John Bainbridge, Jr. | June 3, 2022

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