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How Daytime Soaps and a PBS Documentary Laid the Groundwork for <em>The Real Housewives</em>

How Daytime Soaps and a PBS Documentary Laid the Groundwork for The Real Housewives

Brian Moylan Traces the Lineage of a Reality TV Empire

By Brian Moylan | May 25, 2021

Rinaldo Walcott on Riots, Policing, and Traditions of Black Refusal

Rinaldo Walcott on Riots, Policing, and Traditions of Black Refusal

The Author of On Property Charts a History of Resistance From the Age of Slavery to Now

By Rinaldo Walcott | May 25, 2021

The Humor—and Grief—of the Modern-Day “Guncle”

The Humor—and Grief—of the Modern-Day “Guncle”

Steven Rowley Digs Into a Contemporary Cultural Phenomenon

By Steven Rowley | May 25, 2021

Marisa Silver Revisits the Golden Dawn of Girlhood

Marisa Silver Revisits the Golden Dawn of Girlhood

The Author of The Mysteries in Conversation with Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | May 25, 2021

LARPers are learning swordfighting techniques from this medieval Italian manuscript.

LARPers are learning swordfighting techniques from this medieval Italian manuscript.

By Walker Caplan | May 24, 2021

It’s possible Boris Johnson skipped critical COVID meetings to write a book on Shakespeare.

It’s possible Boris Johnson skipped critical COVID meetings to write a book on Shakespeare.

By Walker Caplan | May 24, 2021

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John Steinbeck wrote a werewolf murder mystery, but you can't read it.

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On the delightfully odd homes of Margaret Wise Brown.

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The Only Living Black Man in New York: On an Overlooked, Subversive Sci-Fi Story by W.E.B. Du Bois

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Gabby Bellot Considers “The Comet” and the Pervasive Legacy
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By Gabrielle Bellot | May 24, 2021

5 Great Debut Memoirs to Listen to While You’re Traveling

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James Tate Hill Recommends Lauren Hough, Gina Frangello, and More

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On the Evolutionary Uses of Storytelling

On the Evolutionary Uses of Storytelling

How Counterfactual Realities Make Us Better Thinkers

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Barton Gellman on How Edward Snowden Strengthened American Democracy

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In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | May 24, 2021

The Concept of the Guilty Pleasure Privileges Productivity Above All Else

The Concept of the Guilty Pleasure Privileges Productivity Above All Else

Arielle Zibrak on the Importance of Relaxing With a Good Book (Any Book)

By Arielle Zibrak | May 24, 2021

The Poets That Helped a Young Bob Dylan Find His Voice

The Poets That Helped a Young Bob Dylan Find His Voice

Clinton Heylin on the Creation of an Artist

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Writing From Inside the Precarious Hunger of Childhood

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Linda Rui Feng on the Stories and Books That Cracked Open the Possibilities of Storytelling

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