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Local Outsiders: On Growing Up Black in Appalachia

Local Outsiders: On Growing Up Black in Appalachia

Katrina M. Powell Explores the Long History of Migration and Displacement in a Majority White Region

By Katrina M. Powell | June 10, 2024

Britain’s Forgotten Pandemic: What We Failed to Learn from the Outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease

Britain’s Forgotten Pandemic: What We Failed to Learn from the Outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease

Scott Preston on How Botched Policy Responses Disease Led to Political Extremism

By Scott Preston | June 10, 2024

Looking For Elaine May: On Tracking Down an Elusive Comedy Legend

Looking For Elaine May: On Tracking Down an Elusive Comedy Legend

Carrie Courogen Considers Balancing the Demands of Biography With a Fan’s Enthusiasm

By Carrie Courogen | June 10, 2024

Queen Christina, Lesbian Icon? On Sweden’s Delightfully Nonconformist Monarch

Queen Christina, Lesbian Icon? On Sweden’s Delightfully Nonconformist Monarch

Eleanor Medhurst Considers the Aesthetic and Practice of Queerness in 17th-Century Europe

By Eleanor Medhurst | June 7, 2024

How Eva Le Gallienne Revolutionized Early 20th-Century Theater

How Eva Le Gallienne Revolutionized Early 20th-Century Theater

Barrie Kreinik on Reviving a Queer Icon of the Roaring Twenties

By Barrie Kreinik | June 7, 2024

John Kaag on the Bloods, the Little-Known Dynasty that Shaped American Life and Philosophy

John Kaag on the Bloods, the Little-Known Dynasty that Shaped American Life and Philosophy

The Author of “American Bloods” in Conversation with James Hibbard

By James Hibbard | June 7, 2024

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On Family Tragedy, Joan Didion’s Parties, and Storytelling: Griffin Dunne on His Debut Memoir

By Lisa Liebman | June 7, 2024

The Philadelphia Free Library’s whole Author Events staff has resigned over workplace conditions.

By James Folta | June 6, 2024

Going once, going twice. Literary Agents of Change is having its annual auction!

By Brittany Allen | June 6, 2024

<em>Furiosa</em> Brings History to the<br> <em>Mad Max</em> Wasteland

Furiosa Brings History to the
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Michael Kraus on How George Miller’s New Film Enriches His Series’ Mythology

By Michael Kraus | June 6, 2024

D-Day, 80 Years On: An Oral History of the Allies’ Bold Attack

D-Day, 80 Years On: An Oral History of the Allies’ Bold Attack

Garrett M. Graff on the First Hours of the Invasion That Spearheaded the Liberation of Europe

By Garrett M. Graff | June 6, 2024

My Friend, the Legendary Porn Queen

My Friend, the Legendary Porn Queen

Catherine Gigante-Brown on Jane Kamensky’s Biography of Candida Royalle

By Catherine Gigante-Brown | June 6, 2024

“Wade Into the Muck With Me.” On Reading and Re-Reading Elena Ferrante

“Wade Into the Muck With Me.” On Reading and Re-Reading Elena Ferrante

Gina Frangello Considers Her Personal History in Relation to the Neapolitan Quartet

By Gina Frangello | June 6, 2024

Necessary Yet Invisible: On the Unpaid Labor of Motherhood and Writing

Necessary Yet Invisible: On the Unpaid Labor of Motherhood and Writing

Claire Kilroy Considers Women’s Work at Home and on the Page

By Claire Kilroy | June 6, 2024

Akuna Robinson on Going the Distance

Akuna Robinson on Going the Distance

In Conversation with V.V. Ganeshananthan and Matt Gallagher on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | June 6, 2024

Romance Writers of America has filed for bankruptcy. What's next?

Romance Writers of America has filed for bankruptcy. What's next?

By Brittany Allen | June 5, 2024

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