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We Didn't Always Pair Poets to Presidents: How Robert Frost Ended Up at JFK's Inauguration

When Poetry Met Power in January, 1961

By John Burnside | February 10, 2020

On the Storylines That Kept Early Humans Alive

On the Storylines That Kept Early Humans Alive

Gaia Vince Considers the Adaptive Urgency of Storytelling

By Gaia Vince | February 10, 2020

Nuns Can Party, Too: On Defying Expectations of Piety

Nuns Can Party, Too: On Defying Expectations of Piety

Alena Dillon Confronts the Stereotypes of Life in the Holy Orders

By Alena Dillon | February 10, 2020

Days Five and Six at Yalta, the Conference That Shaped the World: Secret Meetings and the Founding of the UN

Days Five and Six at Yalta, the Conference That Shaped the World: Secret Meetings and the Founding of the UN

Diana Preston's Day-By-Day Account of the Historic Summit, 75 Years Later

By Diana Preston | February 10, 2020

A new law aimed at the gig economy is affecting writers. Lawmakers are trying to change it.

A new law aimed at the gig economy is affecting writers. Lawmakers are trying to change it.

By Corinne Segal | February 7, 2020

Stephen Colbert thinks <em>The Hobbit</em> is only okay.

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Finding Liberation in the Early Years of the Women's Royal Naval Service

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The Investigation Truman Capote Started, But Never Finished, on Russian Socialites

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How Detective Fiction Took Hold of Los Angeles

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Searching for Queerness in the Corners of History

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How Nazism's Rise in Europe Spurred Anti-Semitic Movements in the US

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On the Growing Tide of Racial Animosity in 1930s Los Angeles

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