Raymond Chandler originally wanted Cary Grant to Play Philip Marlowe.

Raymond Chandler originally wanted Cary Grant to Play Philip Marlowe.

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Coronavirus Has Ground Chinese Publishing to a Halt

Coronavirus Has Ground Chinese Publishing to a Halt

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Rebecca Solnit on the Intersection of Activism and Writing

Rebecca Solnit on the Intersection of Activism and Writing

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Shakespeare and the Culture Wars: On the Movement for Color-Blind Casting

Shakespeare and the Culture Wars: On the Movement for Color-Blind Casting

"Actors speaking Shakespeare’s words have begun to resemble the nation."

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The Imperfect Picture That Transformed 20th-Century Photography

The Imperfect Picture That Transformed 20th-Century Photography

Jim Lewis on Robert Frank's San Francisco

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Race and Spectacle in the Circuses of Gilded Age America

Race and Spectacle in the Circuses of Gilded Age America

Jacob Dorman on Circus Orientalism and Racial Othering

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