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The Trailblazing Black Models of Miss America
Margot Mifflin on Lencola Sullivan and the Racism of Beauty Pageants
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Margot Mifflin
| August 6, 2020
Here's a novel idea: masks made of books.
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Aaron Robertson
| July 30, 2020
Five Surprising Things I Learned from Partying with Rich People
Sociologist Ashley Mears on Extravagant Wealth
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Ashley Mears
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On Embracing the Wig After a Cancer Diagnosis
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Mary Ladd
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The Secret Language of
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Where the Male Gaze Doesn't Go: On YouTube's Universe of Make-Up Tutorials
Sam George-Allen on the Politics and Empowerment of Online Cosmetics
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Sam George-Allen
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How to Throw a Shower for a Novel
Caroline Louise Walker on Celebrating a Very Important New Arrival
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Caroline Louise Walker
| November 27, 2019
The Outsize Impact of Textiles on World History
Alanna Okun on Kassia St. Clair's History of Fabric
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Lit Hub’s Fall 2019 Nonfiction Preview: Social Science
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Zoje Stage on Writing Genre Fiction in An Era of Extreme Political Division
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Zoje Stage
Will Ferguson on the Japanese Backpacking Trek That Inspired His Latest Mystery
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Will Ferguson
Jonathan Santlofer: Why the Art World is Tailor-made for Crime Fiction
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