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The Real Tomb Raiders: How Freeports Enabled International Art Theft

The Real Tomb Raiders: How Freeports Enabled International Art Theft

Atossa Araxia Abrahamian on the Medici Affair, the History of Free Trade Zones, and the Mysteries of the Geneva Freeport

By Atossa Araxia Abrahamian | October 9, 2024

Five Books That Showcase the Fascinating Landscape of European Folklore

Five Books That Showcase the Fascinating Landscape of European Folklore

Ben Edge Recommends Work by John Maizels, Charles Freger, Stefan Fisher and More

By Ben Edge | October 9, 2024

What the Science of Memory Can (and Can’t) Reveal about Truth in Memoir

What the Science of Memory Can (and Can’t) Reveal about Truth in Memoir

Debra Nystrom on the Power of Personal Story Alongside Objective Study

By Debra Nystrom | October 9, 2024

Secrets of Los Alamos: How Family Stories Can Help Inform Historical Fiction

Secrets of Los Alamos: How Family Stories Can Help Inform Historical Fiction

Rachel Robbins Considers the Roles of Fact, History and Memory in Storytelling

By Rachel Robbins | October 9, 2024

How American Jews Created a Place For Themselves in Show Business

How American Jews Created a Place For Themselves in Show Business

Richard Bernstein on the Early Years of Mass Entertainment in the United States

By Richard Bernstein | October 9, 2024

Kalyanee Mam on Knowing Your Taste

Kalyanee Mam on Knowing Your Taste

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | October 9, 2024

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Not even Little Free Libraries are safe from book bans.

By James Folta | October 8, 2024

All the books that (probably) radicalized Lindsay Weir.

By Brittany Allen | October 8, 2024

Here are the bookies' odds for the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature.

By Emily Temple | October 8, 2024

The Issues 2024: Going Deep on the Problem of Income Inequality

The Issues 2024: Going Deep on the Problem of Income Inequality

Introducing the First in a Series of In-Depth Looks at the Everyday Issues Facing Americans

By Literary Hub | October 8, 2024

10 Best Books for Understanding American Class

10 Best Books for Understanding American Class

Matthew Desmond, Isabel Wilkerson, Thomas Piketty, and More

By Literary Hub | October 8, 2024

A Literary Inheritance: On the Stories We Tell (and Don’t Tell) To Our Children

A Literary Inheritance: On the Stories We Tell (and Don’t Tell) To Our Children

Alejandro Zambra: “All I have to do is sit beside you...and read to you the parts of the book that have words...”

By Alejandro Zambra | October 8, 2024

The “People’s Car.” How Nazi Germany Created the Volkswagen Beetle

The “People’s Car.” How Nazi Germany Created the Volkswagen Beetle

Witold Rybczynski Explores the Dark History and Unsavory Origins of an Automotive Icon

By Witold Rybczynski | October 8, 2024

“Books Are Weapons in the War of Ideas.” The Incendiary Power of Literature in an Era of Censorship

“Books Are Weapons in the War of Ideas.” The Incendiary Power of Literature in an Era of Censorship

Kenneth C. Davis on Book Bans, Reading as Exercising, and Turning to Shorter Books in the Age of Screens

By Kenneth C. Davis | October 8, 2024

Postmodern genius Robert Coover has died at age 92.

Postmodern genius Robert Coover has died at age 92.

By Emily Temple | October 7, 2024

“Those Folks Never Had Their Lights Turned Off.” On the Literary Importance of Highlighting the Haves and the Have-Nots

“Those Folks Never Had Their Lights Turned Off.” On the Literary Importance of Highlighting the Haves and the Have-Nots

From Barroom Chats with Raymond Carver to the Aperçus of Thomas Piketty, Douglas Unger Explores Class Consciousness in American Letters

By Douglas Unger | October 7, 2024

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