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    How, Exactly, Did We Come Up with What Counts As ‘Normal’?

    By Jonathan Mooney  August 16, 2019
    AIDS

    The Real Heroes:
    On HIV/AIDS Activists in 1980s Chicago

    By Hannah Steinkopf-Frank  August 16, 2019
    Drugs

    Plunging Into the 1970s’ Altered States of Awareness

    By Buzz Poole  August 16, 2019
    Literary History

    The Very First Books Published by Some of Your Favorite Publishing Houses

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    Memoir

    For Sarah Broom, Coming-of-Age Means Learning to See

    By Sarah M. Broom  August 15, 2019
    Counterculture

    Jim Marshall’s Iconic Photos from the 1969 Woodstock Festival

    By Michelle Margetts  August 15, 2019
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    Where Have All the Pirates Gone?

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    Diversity in Literature

    Fourteen-Year-Old Marley Dias, Tireless Promoter of Diversity in Literature

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    The Hub

    President Obama recommends Téa Obreht, Lauren Wilkinson, and more for your late summer reading.

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    Lyz Lenz: Finding a Creation Myth of One’s Own

    By Lyz Lenz  August 14, 2019
    Science

    The Theranos Effect:
    When Cutting-Edge Scientists Are Frauds

    By Nicolas Chevassus-au-Louis  August 14, 2019
    WWII

    The French Village That Saved Hundreds Fleeing Nazi Persecution

    By Maggie Paxson  August 14, 2019
    Cookbooks

    The Quiet Renaissance of India’s Community Cookbooks

    By Meher Mirza  August 14, 2019
    Memoir

    Sister Helen Prejean:
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    Literary History

    Roy Jacobsen on the Backbone of Nordic Literature: the Sagas of Iceland

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    The Hub

    Reese Witherspoon is adapting this 1200-word short story into a film for Netflix.

    By Emily Temple  August 13, 2019
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    By Ibram X. Kendi  August 13, 2019
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    Do We Care Enough About Animals to Save Them From Extinction?

    By Jane Rawson  August 13, 2019
    Literary Scams

    We Have Always Been Plagued by Literary Scammers

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    A Brief Eerie History of How the Wind Makes Us Crazy

    By Lyall Watson  August 13, 2019
    Encyclopedias

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    By Lawrence Weschler  August 13, 2019
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    A Literature of Belonging: Stories of Real America

    By Abby Manzella  August 13, 2019
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