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    For the Love of Horses, From Girlhood to Old Age

    By Tory Bilski  August 19, 2019
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    Belonging is Not a Language You Can Learn

    By Brittani Sonnenberg  August 19, 2019
    Fascism

    Edoardo Albinati on Masculinity, Italy, and Fascism

    By Francesco Pacifico  August 19, 2019
    Criticism

    In the Age of Endless Scrolling, Jun’ichiro Tanizaki Helps Us Stand Still

    By Kanako Nishi  August 19, 2019
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    Is There Such a Thing as an Ethics of Cosmopolitanism?

    By Martha C. Nussbaum  August 19, 2019
    The Hub

    Your weekly deal memo: Carl Zimmer, Baba Yaga, Anita Diamant & more.

    By Emily Temple  August 16, 2019
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    Today in “AI will replace us all.” Author avatars can now read their books to you.

    By Jessie Gaynor  August 16, 2019
    Sex

    On the Love Hotels and Pleasure Quarters of Tokyo

    By Anna Sherman  August 16, 2019
    Feminism

    Feuds, Flings, and High School Sports After Title IX

    By Melissa Isaacson  August 16, 2019
    Sociology

    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

    By Emily Temple  August 15, 2019
    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
    Economics

    Where Have All the Pirates Gone?

    By Peter Lehr  August 15, 2019
    Diversity in Literature

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

    By Matt Grant  August 15, 2019
    The Hub

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

    By Emily Temple  August 14, 2019
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    Pour one out for Pacific Standard and its final book recommendations.

    By Corinne Segal  August 14, 2019
    Journeys

    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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    By Helen Prejean  August 14, 2019
    Literary History

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

    By Roy Jacobsen  August 14, 2019
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