How Religious Revivals Gave Women a Voice in Colonial America

How Religious Revivals Gave Women a Voice in Colonial America

"Proper and upright did not mean passive and docile."

By J.D. Dickey | November 22, 2019

Teaching High Schoolers to Talk Equally About Joy and Pain

Teaching High Schoolers to Talk Equally About Joy and Pain

Nick Ripatrazone Speaks to Teacher Catherine Reed

By Nick Ripatrazone | November 22, 2019

How George Eliot Became a Social Outcast at the Height of Her Fame

How George Eliot Became a Social Outcast at the Height of Her Fame

On Her Final novel, Daniel Deronda

By Norman Lebrecht | November 22, 2019

The 10 Best Book Covers of November

The 10 Best Book Covers of November

The Lushest of the Lush

By Emily Temple | November 22, 2019

A Family Tree Forever Changed By Disaster

A Family Tree Forever Changed By Disaster

Sarah Abrevaya Stein on the Great Fire of Salonica

By Sarah Abrevaya Stein | November 22, 2019

Dorothy Allison on the Necessity of Making Readers Uncomfortable

Dorothy Allison on the Necessity of Making Readers Uncomfortable

"You have to give up wanting to please."

By Editors of Garden and Gun | November 22, 2019

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Sarah Pinsker on Writing Dystopian Futures, in Both Story and Song

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A Canadian literary prize is ending for a wonderfully Canadian reason.

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A former Illinois library will become a very, very scary-looking doll museum.

A former Illinois library will become a very, very scary-looking doll museum.

By Corinne Segal | November 21, 2019

A Festival of Destruction in One of the Oldest Cities in the World

A Festival of Destruction in One of the Oldest Cities in the World

Michael Cunningham Travels to the Southern Italian City of Matera

By Michael Cunningham | November 21, 2019

Retracing the Historical (and Literal) Path of Napoleon's Retreat from Russia

Retracing the Historical (and Literal) Path of Napoleon's Retreat from Russia

Sylvain Tesson Attempts to Journey Back to 1812

By Sylvain Tesson | November 21, 2019

On the Great Secret-Keepers<br> of History

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Do Archivists Have Political Motivations Too?

By Courtney Taylor | November 21, 2019

When the Baby Penguins Come<br> Into the World

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Lindsay McCrae on Filming New Life in Antarctica

By Lindsay McCrae | November 21, 2019

Who Were the Scribes Who Actually Wrote Down the <em>Epic of Gilgamesh</em>?

Who Were the Scribes Who Actually Wrote Down the Epic of Gilgamesh?

The Longest Poem-in-Progress of All Time...

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Piecing Together the Lives<br> of Enslaved Americans

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Rachel May Traces the Warp and Weft of History Through Fabric

By Rachel May | November 21, 2019

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