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The 25 Most Iconic Book Covers in History

The 25 Most Iconic Book Covers in History

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By Emily Temple | October 7, 2021

Disgust: On the Uses and Abuses of the Most Difficult Emotion

Disgust: On the Uses and Abuses of the Most Difficult Emotion

Stephanie Grant Unpacks the Categories of Our Revulsion

By Stephanie Grant | October 7, 2021

Colin Kaepernick on the Link Between Abolition and Black Liberation

Colin Kaepernick on the Link Between Abolition and Black Liberation

“It is only logical that systemic problems demand systemic solutions.”

By Colin Kaepernick | October 7, 2021

Téa Obreht on Mrs. Danvers, <em>Rebecca</em>’s Lesbian Feminist Hero

Téa Obreht on Mrs. Danvers, Rebecca’s Lesbian Feminist Hero

In Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on the Open Form Podcast

By Open Form | October 7, 2021

Why Kendrick Lamar is the Most Political Rapper in Modern-Day Pop Culture

Why Kendrick Lamar is the Most Political Rapper in Modern-Day Pop Culture

Miles Marshall Lewis Considers the Compton-Born Rapper's Musical Prowess and Unapologetic Activism

By Miles Marshall Lewis | October 7, 2021

The Primordial Pull of the Truffle, That “Holy of Holies”

The Primordial Pull of the Truffle, That “Holy of Holies”

Rowan Jacobsen on the Ever-Elusive Scent of the Captivating Mushroom

By Rowan Jacobsen | October 7, 2021

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Evan Osnos on Collective Intervention and Moments of Social Transition

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Enki Bilal on the Frightening Speed of the Digital Revolution and Finding Meaning in Humanism

By Aysegul Sert | October 7, 2021

How the Word “Landscape” Helped Change Americans' Relationship to Nature

How the Word “Landscape” Helped Change Americans' Relationship to Nature

Tyler Green on the Emerson-Inspired Language Shift and Its Meaning for Wilderness and Civilization

By Tyler Green | October 7, 2021

Kaitlyn Greenidge on the Publishing Industry’s Shallow Relationship with Black Literature

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Peddlers, Bakers, Wool-Sorters: The Economic History of Women in Angoulême

Peddlers, Bakers, Wool-Sorters: The Economic History of Women in Angoulême

Emma Rothschild on Women’s Work in an-18th Century French Village

By Emma Rothschild | October 7, 2021

Elizabeth Wetmore and Kathryn Nuernberger on SB8, the History of Abortion, and <em>Roe v. Wade</em> in Danger

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In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

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WATCH: Jen Winston and Adam J. Kurtz on Queer Existential Dread

WATCH: Jen Winston and Adam J. Kurtz on Queer Existential Dread

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Randall Kennedy on the Realities and Imaginaries of Race in America

Randall Kennedy on the Realities and Imaginaries of Race in America

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