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The Lives of Dangerous Books: On the Explosive Rise of Literacy in Tudor England

The Lives of Dangerous Books: On the Explosive Rise of Literacy in Tudor England

Amy Licence Looks at the History of the Printing Industry

By Amy Licence | November 4, 2021

Ghostly Taboos: Superstitious Rules and Gendered Restrictions

Ghostly Taboos: Superstitious Rules and Gendered Restrictions

How Researching the Forbidden Shaped The Themes of My Novel

By Aimee Parkison | October 29, 2021

Shadow City, Invisible City: Walking Through an Ever-Changing Kabul

Shadow City, Invisible City: Walking Through an Ever-Changing Kabul

Taran Khan on Life in an Uncertain Afghanistan

By Taran Khan | October 21, 2021

Daniel Sokatch on the Chronicle of Israel and Palestine

Daniel Sokatch on the Chronicle of Israel and Palestine

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 13, 2021

How an iconic Canadian rock band lured angry teens to the dark arts of Ayn Rand.

How an iconic Canadian rock band lured angry teens to the dark arts of Ayn Rand.

By Jonny Diamond | October 6, 2021

Janine di Giovanni on the End of Christianity in Its Historical Homeland

Janine di Giovanni on the End of Christianity in Its Historical Homeland

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 4, 2021

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On the Push and Pull of Muslim Cultural Identity

By Omar Mouallem | September 30, 2021

Commuting with Shylock: (Reluctantly) Revisiting The Merchant of Venice with My 10-Year-Old Son

By Dara Horn | September 8, 2021

To Be Pure: On Doubt, the Rules of Jewish Identity, and Questions of Familial Inheritance

By Deborah Feldman | September 2, 2021

Ariel Sabar Debunks the Gospel of Jesus’s Wife

Ariel Sabar Debunks the Gospel of Jesus’s Wife

This Week on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | September 2, 2021

Theory of Everything, Theory of Nothing: On Physics and Other Profanities

Theory of Everything, Theory of Nothing: On Physics and Other Profanities

Joshua Roebke Wonders Why We Believe in the Unseen

By Joshua Roebke | September 1, 2021

Divine Intervention: 6 Books About Women Leaving Strict Religious Communities and Finding Themselves

Divine Intervention: 6 Books About Women Leaving Strict Religious Communities and Finding Themselves

Jaye Viner Recommends Narratives of Personal Exodus

By Jaye Viner | August 26, 2021

We All Know Columbus Didn’t Discover America—So How Did He Become a Symbol of Its Founding?

We All Know Columbus Didn’t Discover America—So How Did He Become a Symbol of Its Founding?

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz on the Erasure of This Continent’s Original Inhabitants

By Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz | August 25, 2021

I Bark, Therefore I Am: Of Consciousness and Robot Dogs

I Bark, Therefore I Am: Of Consciousness and Robot Dogs

Meghan O’Gieblyn Considers Issues of Mind, Matter, and Soul

By Meghan O'Gieblyn | August 24, 2021

JRR Tolkien Invented the Term “Eucatastrophe.” What Does It Mean?

JRR Tolkien Invented the Term “Eucatastrophe.” What Does It Mean?

Jonathan Walker on the Consequences of Christian Narrative

By Jonathan Walker | August 24, 2021

Can a Commitment to Religion or Spirituality Help Ward Off Depression’s Debilitating Hold?

Can a Commitment to Religion or Spirituality Help Ward Off Depression’s Debilitating Hold?

Lisa Miller on Uncovering the Surprising Data That Reveals the Preventive Role of the “Awakened Brain”

By Lisa Miller | August 19, 2021

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