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Leigh Stein on Reading Anne Frank During Quarantine

Leigh Stein on Reading Anne Frank During Quarantine

On the Extraordinary Work of Diarists to Create Meaning from Dramatic, Quotidian Times

By Leigh Stein | January 13, 2022

Lewis R. Gordon on the Development of Black Consciousness

Lewis R. Gordon on the Development of Black Consciousness

Living "Beyond Negative Projections" of White Supremacy

By Lewis R. Gordon | January 13, 2022

<em>We Have Ways of Making You Talk</em> on the Allied Forces Training Methods

We Have Ways of Making You Talk on the Allied Forces Training Methods

From the We Have Ways of Making You Talk Podcast

By We Have Ways of Making You Talk | January 13, 2022

How Artists Navigate the Interplay of Authority and Freedom

How Artists Navigate the Interplay of Authority and Freedom

Jed Perl on the Creative Life

By Jed Perl | January 12, 2022

On the Hidden Fight Inside the Federal Reserve That Reshaped American Economic Life

On the Hidden Fight Inside the Federal Reserve That Reshaped American Economic Life

Christopher Leonard on the 2010 Policy That Widened the Gulf Between Rich and Poor

By Christopher Leonard | January 12, 2022

How Our Social Emotions Laid the Foundation for Functioning Societies

How Our Social Emotions Laid the Foundation for Functioning Societies

Leonard Mlodinow Considers the Purpose of Shame, Admiration, Jealousy and More

By Leonard Mlodinow | January 12, 2022

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Learning From <em>Almanac of the Dead</em>, a Hallmark of Indigenous Literature

Learning From Almanac of the Dead, a Hallmark of Indigenous Literature

Lou Cornum on Leslie Marmon Silko's Magnum Opus

By Lou Cornum | January 10, 2022

The Right to Potential: On the Dramatic History of Women’s Elite Running

The Right to Potential: On the Dramatic History of Women’s Elite Running

Danielle Friedman Considers the Groundbreaking Impact of Kathrine Switzer

By Danielle Friedman | January 7, 2022

No Sympathy for Horrid Women: On the History of George V and the Demands of the Suffragettes

No Sympathy for Horrid Women: On the History of George V and the Demands of the Suffragettes

Jane Ridley Considers the King's Callous Treatment of Radicalized Activists

By Jane Ridley | January 7, 2022

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What Did Gossip Culture Look Like Before the Internet?

Julia Kelly Examines a Lost Tradition

By Julia Kelly | January 7, 2022

The full list of writers nominated for the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature includes just one woman.

The full list of writers nominated for the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature includes just one woman.

By Walker Caplan | January 6, 2022

How Dreams Have Shaped the Evolution of Humanity

How Dreams Have Shaped the Evolution of Humanity

Sidarta Ribeiro Guests on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | January 6, 2022

On the time J.R.R. Tolkien refused to work with Nazi-leaning publishers.

On the time J.R.R. Tolkien refused to work with Nazi-leaning publishers.

By Walker Caplan | January 5, 2022

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