Watch the earliest known detective film, featuring a very confused Sherlock Holmes.

Watch the earliest known detective film, featuring a very confused Sherlock Holmes.

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What Does Animal Grief Tell Us About How They Understand Death?

What Does Animal Grief Tell Us About How They Understand Death?

Justin Gregg on Mourning Rituals and Death Wisdom

By Justin Gregg | August 10, 2022

Kayla Maiuri on What Writing Fiction Can Reveal About Those We Love

Kayla Maiuri on What Writing Fiction Can Reveal About Those We Love

“In the end, it was our shared language, storytelling, and the act of imagination, that brought us together again.”

By Kayla Maiuri | August 10, 2022

Wildcatters and Hell-Raisers: On Being a Writer From Texas

Wildcatters and Hell-Raisers: On Being a Writer From Texas

Kimberly Garza Unpacks the Mythology of the Lone Star State

By Kimberly Garza | August 10, 2022

Meet Laddie Boy: The First Celebrity Presidential Pet

Meet Laddie Boy: The First Celebrity Presidential Pet

On President Warren G. Harding’s Airedale Terrier

By Andrew Hager | August 10, 2022

From Poison Control Statutes to Pope Pius IX: The History of Anti-Abortion Law

From Poison Control Statutes to Pope Pius IX: The History of Anti-Abortion Law

To Say Abortion is Not “Deeply Rooted” in American History is Wrong

By Elisabeth Griffith | August 10, 2022

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Residents of the Michigan town that defunded its library are rallying to keep it open.

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“The Mirage.” A New Poem by Charles Simic

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