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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By Na Zhong | March 12, 2020

Rebecca Solnit on the Intersection of Activism and Writing

Rebecca Solnit on the Intersection of Activism and Writing

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

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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."

By James Shapiro | March 12, 2020

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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