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In Praise of the Great Rats in Literature. Literally.

In Praise of the Great Rats in Literature. Literally.

Austin Ratner on the Most Maligned Animal in the History of Art

By Austin Ratner | July 8, 2021

“A Revolutionary Beauty Secret!” On the Rise and Fall of Radium in the Beauty Industry

“A Revolutionary Beauty Secret!” On the Rise and Fall of Radium in the Beauty Industry

Lucy Jane Santos on the Most Dangerous Skincare Ingredient of the Early 20th Century

By Lucy Jane Santos | July 8, 2021

Summers of Discovery: Adventures in Greece with Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen

Summers of Discovery: Adventures in Greece with Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen

Judy Scott on the Intensity of Found Families

By Judy Scott | July 8, 2021

What Do You Do When a Short Story Wants to Be a Novel?

What Do You Do When a Short Story Wants to Be a Novel?

Rachel Donohue on the Character That Wouldn't Leave Her Alone

By Rachel Donohue | July 8, 2021

What the Dead Leave Behind: On the Way a Life Can Inhabit a House

What the Dead Leave Behind: On the Way a Life Can Inhabit a House

Emily Austin Navigates the Grief That Lurks Within the Best of Memories

By Emily Austin | July 8, 2021

How the Bush Administration Did More For AIDS in Africa Than At Home

How the Bush Administration Did More For AIDS in Africa Than At Home

Emily Bass on Foreign Aid and America's Response to Long-Standing Pandemics

By Emily Bass | July 8, 2021

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Millicent Simmons will lead an adaptation of Sara Nović's novel about a Deaf teen coming of age.

By Dan Sheehan | July 7, 2021

Hungarian authorities have fined the distributor of a children’s book featuring same-sex parents.

Hungarian authorities have fined the distributor of a children’s book featuring same-sex parents.

By Walker Caplan | July 7, 2021

These are the world’s 5 best, most innovative new public libraries.

These are the world’s 5 best, most innovative new public libraries.

By Walker Caplan | July 7, 2021

A new Marcel Proust manuscript has been discovered—and you can read part of it right now.

A new Marcel Proust manuscript has been discovered—and you can read part of it right now.

By Walker Caplan | July 7, 2021

Jason Mott wants you to reconsider the

Jason Mott wants you to reconsider the "beautiful time capsule" of film noir.

By Vanessa Willoughby | July 7, 2021

How John Ashbery Thinks: Reading the Collages of a Great Poet

How John Ashbery Thinks: Reading the Collages of a Great Poet

Paul Legault on Art That Shows You You’re Not Dead

By Paul Legault | July 7, 2021

Jessica Hopper on Rock, Rapture, and What Artists Do that Mortals Cannot

Jessica Hopper on Rock, Rapture, and What Artists Do that Mortals Cannot

“These records give me a language to decipher just how fucked I am.”

By Jessica Hopper | July 7, 2021

We Don’t Celebrate the Boring Years of Social Movements—But We Should

We Don’t Celebrate the Boring Years of Social Movements—But We Should

Julia Baird on the Long, Hard Work of Activism

By Julia Baird | July 7, 2021

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