The Secret Literary History of Some of Your Favorite Colors

The Secret Literary History of Some of Your Favorite Colors

Yellow Books, L. Frank Baum's Emerald, and The Color Purple

By Kassia St. Clair | October 27, 2017

The Dreams of Helga Goebbels: From Ulli Lust's New Graphic Novel

The Dreams of Helga Goebbels: From Ulli Lust's New Graphic Novel

An Excerpt from the First Work of Fiction From an Award-Winning Graphic Novelist

By Ulli Lust | October 27, 2017

Uncovering the History of Slavery in Detroit

Uncovering the History of Slavery in Detroit

"We Owe it to Them, and Ourselves, to Bear Close Witness"

By Tiya Miles | October 27, 2017

First-Person Stories of the Body Are Much More Than Clickbait

First-Person Stories of the Body Are Much More Than Clickbait

In Praise of Narrative Medicine

By M. Sophia Newman | October 26, 2017

The Libyan Bookshops Staying Open Through Civil War

The Libyan Bookshops Staying Open Through Civil War

"Just don’t ask us why we do it"

By Charlotte Bailey | October 26, 2017

8 Delusions of Western Democracy We Could Do Without

8 Delusions of Western Democracy We Could Do Without

Machiavelli is a Beter Pundit Than Most of the Idiots on TV

By Erica Benner | October 26, 2017

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America's Enduring Pastime: Baseball, Misogyny, and Reading <em>The Natural</em>

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See It Here First: The Cover for Alexander Chee’s New Essay Collection

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The Enslaved Man Who Escaped George Washington—Twice

The Enslaved Man Who Escaped George Washington—Twice

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A Pilgrimage to the World's Most Famous Manuscript

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