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Early Visions of Transhumanism Were... Wild

Early Visions of Transhumanism Were... Wild

On John Desmond Bernal and Getting Rid of the "Useless Parts of the Body"

By Philip Ball | October 24, 2019

For So Many Cultures, the Key to Understanding Death is a Festival of Light

For So Many Cultures, the Key to Understanding Death is a Festival of Light

Sasha Sagan on Finding Hope in the Night Sky

By Sasha Sagan | October 24, 2019

The City Where Janis Joplin Found Her Voice

The City Where Janis Joplin Found Her Voice

On Her Earliest Days in San Francisco

By Holly George-Warren | October 24, 2019

Libraries Are Even More Important to Contemporary Community Than We Thought

Libraries Are Even More Important to Contemporary Community Than We Thought

And They Should Be Funded Accordingly

By Eric Klinenberg | October 24, 2019

How Pretending to Be Paul McCartney Helped Me Write My Book

How Pretending to Be Paul McCartney Helped Me Write My Book

"Sometimes Paul McCartney isn’t Paul McCartney at all."

By Karl Whitney | October 24, 2019

How Napoleon's Italian Exile Set the Stage for His Return to Power

How Napoleon's Italian Exile Set the Stage for His Return to Power

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The Yale Younger Poets Prize: A Microcosm of the American Poetry Landscape

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The Art of Surviving a Move to New York

The Art of Surviving a Move to New York

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Visiting Vojna: on the Horrors of the Communist Regime in Czechoslovakia

Visiting Vojna: on the Horrors of the Communist Regime in Czechoslovakia

The Post-Eastern Bloc Generation Confronts the Past

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Exploring the Forgotten Writerly Playground of the European Aristocracy

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Destination Baden: Hot Baths, Good Conversation, and a Lot of Gambling

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A tornado has leveled Interabang Books, Dallas' largest independent bookstore.

A tornado has leveled Interabang Books, Dallas' largest independent bookstore.

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Here is the 2019 shortlist for the Baillie Gifford Prize for nonfiction.

Here is the 2019 shortlist for the Baillie Gifford Prize for nonfiction.

By Literary Hub | October 22, 2019

The 10 new books you should be reading this week.

The 10 new books you should be reading this week.

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