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What's the Point of Plants that Make Us Feel High?

What's the Point of Plants that Make Us Feel High?

Philosophers and Scientists (and Stoners) Have
Long Confronted the Question

By David Schneider | March 5, 2020

Frida Kahlo Was a Captivating Subject for Photographers

Frida Kahlo Was a Captivating Subject for Photographers

The Artist Took Photography as Seriously as Painting

By Celia Stahr | March 5, 2020

Writing and Confronting Terror in the Form of a Color

Writing and Confronting Terror in the Form of a Color

Theodore Wheeler's Notes on Blue

By Theodore Wheeler | March 5, 2020

Inside a Progressive Hotbed in Early 20th-Century New York

Inside a Progressive Hotbed in Early 20th-Century New York

On Rose Pastor and the Activists of the University Settlement Society

By Adam Hochschild | March 5, 2020

A new book reveals the odd fate of Trump's

A new book reveals the odd fate of Trump's "glowing orb."

By Aaron Robertson | March 4, 2020

Charles Dickens really, really hated his fanboy Hans Christian Andersen.

Charles Dickens really, really hated his fanboy Hans Christian Andersen.

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 4, 2020

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The trailer for a documentary about Dolly Parton's Imagination Library will bring joy to your 9 to 5.

By Jessie Gaynor | March 4, 2020

Simon & Schuster is for sale because it is not videos.

By Corinne Segal | March 4, 2020

Sales of plague-themed literature on the rise in Italy. Is America next?

By Jonny Diamond | March 4, 2020

Re-read the three-peat: Scottie Pippen is writing a memoir.

Re-read the three-peat: Scottie Pippen is writing a memoir.

By Dan Sheehan | March 4, 2020

Next summer, Celeste Ng will fund two publishing interns from diverse backgrounds.

Next summer, Celeste Ng will fund two publishing interns from diverse backgrounds.

By Corinne Segal | March 4, 2020

Ronan Farrow calls Hachette

Ronan Farrow calls Hachette "wildy unprofessional" for acquiring Woody Allen's book.

By Emily Temple | March 4, 2020

On the Reverie and Detachment of the American Road Trip

On the Reverie and Detachment of the American Road Trip

"Mechanical travel blunts our sense of the world."

By David Farrier | March 4, 2020

How to Pull Off a 250-Mile Protest March? Grit (And a Little Bit of Harry Belafonte)

How to Pull Off a 250-Mile Protest March? Grit (And a Little Bit of Harry Belafonte)

Linda Sarsour on the 2015 #March2Justice

By Linda Sarsour | March 4, 2020

A Mother's Survivor's Guilt in the Wake of Sandy Hook

A Mother's Survivor's Guilt in the Wake of Sandy Hook

Carol Ann Davis on the Impossible Task of Moving Beyond Tragedy

By Carol Ann Davis | March 4, 2020

How J. Edgar Hoover Used the Power of Libraries for Evil

How J. Edgar Hoover Used the Power of Libraries for Evil

Tracking Adversaries, Hiding Evidence, and Other No
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By Alana Mohamed | March 4, 2020

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