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On the Mysterious, Powerful Effects of Placebos

On the Mysterious, Powerful Effects of Placebos

And What They Reveal About the Force of Hope

By Lauren Slater | March 12, 2018

How Leo and Gertrude Stein Revolutionized the Art World

How Leo and Gertrude Stein Revolutionized the Art World

Miles J. Unger on the Early Patrons of Picasso and Matisse

By Miles J. Unger | March 12, 2018

Hilary Mantel:

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On Pain, Ambition, and Children

By Elizabeth Renzetti | March 9, 2018

Why is a Harvard Business Professor Studying Independent Bookstores?

Why is a Harvard Business Professor Studying Independent Bookstores?

Maxwell Neely-Cohen Talks to Organizational Ethnographer Ryan Raffaelli

By Maxwell Neely-Cohen | March 9, 2018

Networks: Another Thing Silicon Valley Didn't Actually Invent

Networks: Another Thing Silicon Valley Didn't Actually Invent

Andrew Keen in Conversation with Niall Ferguson

By Andrew Keen | March 9, 2018

The Complexities of Designing a New Cover for an Old Classic

The Complexities of Designing a New Cover for an Old Classic

Kimberly Glyder on Reimagining Gone With the Wind

By Kimberly Glyder | March 9, 2018

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How I Became a Jane Austen Superfan

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By Lit Hub Daily | March 7, 2018

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Eric Thurm on UnREAL, The Bachelor, and Vanderpump Rules

By Eric Thurm | March 7, 2018

The Onstage Origins of Van Morrison's Legendary <em>Astral Weeks</em>

The Onstage Origins of Van Morrison's Legendary Astral Weeks

Boston, the Summer of 1968, Screaming Teenagers...

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Reading Across America: Chicago's Artist Lounge Open Mic

Reading Across America: Chicago's Artist Lounge Open Mic

Cultivating a Literary Tradition on the South Side and Beyond

By Tara Betts | March 7, 2018

I Call Your Name Whenever I Can: The Letters of Pat Parker and Audre Lorde

I Call Your Name Whenever I Can: The Letters of Pat Parker and Audre Lorde

"Beware Feeling You’re Not Good Enough to Deserve It"

By Literary Hub | March 7, 2018

Highlighting the Writing of Refugees

Highlighting the Writing of Refugees

Traveling Stanzas Teaches English Through Poetry

By Matt Grant | March 7, 2018

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