How Nelson Mandela Became a Pop-Cultural Icon Through Music

How Nelson Mandela Became a Pop-Cultural Icon Through Music

Jonny Steinberg on Jerry Dammers and How a Famous Concert in the 1980s Brought Mandela New Fame

By Jonny Steinberg | May 11, 2023

Michael Walzer on What Progressives Can Learn From Liberal Nationalists Like Thomas Jefferson and Giuseppe Mazzini

Michael Walzer on What Progressives Can Learn From Liberal Nationalists Like Thomas Jefferson and Giuseppe Mazzini

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | May 11, 2023

One great short story to read today: Lesley Nneka Arimah's

One great short story to read today: Lesley Nneka Arimah's "Who Will Greet You at Home."

By Emily Temple | May 10, 2023

Biographer discovers that Martin Luther King’s harshest criticism of Malcolm X was made up.

Biographer discovers that Martin Luther King’s harshest criticism of Malcolm X was made up.

By Jonny Diamond | May 10, 2023

How Chaos Theory Can Revitalize—and Save—Modern Medicine

How Chaos Theory Can Revitalize—and Save—Modern Medicine

Jennifer Lunden on Alice James, Descartes' Destructive Influence on Medicine, the COVID-19 Pandemic, and More

By Jennifer Lunden | May 10, 2023

On Victorian Paleoart and the Birth of a Sci-Fi Novel

On Victorian Paleoart and the Birth of a Sci-Fi Novel

C. E. McGill Considers Frankenstein’s Monster and Gothic Sci-Fi

By C.E. McGill | May 10, 2023

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Reading Beyond London’s WWII “Blitz Spirit”

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Of Songs and Stories: What Bruce Springsteen Learned From Flannery O’Connor

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Who Was the Only Sitting President to Contribute to a Literary Journal?

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Emma Nadler on How Good and Bad Luck Are Inseparably Connected

Emma Nadler on How Good and Bad Luck Are Inseparably Connected

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | May 10, 2023

Mariana Alessandri on How the Natural Human Condition is to Live in Darkness, Anger, and Pain

Mariana Alessandri on How the Natural Human Condition is to Live in Darkness, Anger, and Pain

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

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Landon Jones on How America Has Devolved Into a Culture of Fans and Followers

Landon Jones on How America Has Devolved Into a Culture of Fans and Followers

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Author of children's book about grief charged with murdur-durdur.

Author of children's book about grief charged with murdur-durdur.

By Janet Manley | May 9, 2023

One great short story to read today: Rebecca Curtis's

One great short story to read today: Rebecca Curtis's "Fish Rot."

By Janet Manley | May 9, 2023

Tracing the Evolution of Celebrity Memoirs, from Charles Lindbergh to Will Smith

Tracing the Evolution of Celebrity Memoirs, from Charles Lindbergh to Will Smith

”Creating a personal myth allows celebrities to create just that—a myth.“

By Landon Y. Jones | May 9, 2023

Kelly McMasters on Starting a Bookstore to Save Her Marriage

Kelly McMasters on Starting a Bookstore to Save Her Marriage

“And so, I kept pumping the bellows, trying to keep the fire between us burning.”

By Kelly McMasters | May 9, 2023

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