The Obsessive Scholar Who Rescued Iceland’s Ancient Literary Legacy

The Obsessive Scholar Who Rescued Iceland’s Ancient Literary Legacy

How Arni Magnusson Saved a Country’s Stories

By Egill Bjarnason | May 11, 2021

For Too Long We Have Only Known Western Stories of the Himalayas

For Too Long We Have Only Known Western Stories of the Himalayas

Sophie Cousins on the Cruel Beauty of Mountaineering and
the Literature It Breeds

By Sophie Cousins | May 6, 2021

How Venice Invented the World

How Venice Invented the World

From the Time to Eat the Dogs Podcast with Michael Robinson

By Time to Eat the Dogs | May 3, 2021

On Being an Outsider: Words by Charles Simic, Photos by Romeo Alaeff

On Being an Outsider: Words by Charles Simic, Photos by Romeo Alaeff

“Exiles usually imagine that theirs is a temporary situation.”

By Romeo Alaeff and Charles Simic | April 20, 2021

Soon you’ll be able to vacation at Jane Austen’s country estate . . . in a cowshed.

Soon you’ll be able to vacation at Jane Austen’s country estate . . . in a cowshed.

By Walker Caplan | April 13, 2021

Taking a Much-Needed Road Trip to Italy, Texas

Taking a Much-Needed Road Trip to Italy, Texas

Andrea Bajani on Finding a Bit of Home Wherever You Can

By Andrea Bajani | April 12, 2021

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Pandemic Diversions: On the Modern Day Myths and Freaky Folktales of <em>The Siberian Times</em>

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Farah Abdessamad in Praise of the Best Damn Newspaper
East of the Urals

By Farah Abdessamad | March 25, 2021

From Jim Crow to Now: On the Realities of Traveling While Black

From Jim Crow to Now: On the Realities of Traveling While Black

Mia Bay Maps the History of Segregated Travel

By Mia Bay | March 25, 2021

Take a look at the beautiful design for this Norwegian library dedicated to Henrik Ibsen.

Take a look at the beautiful design for this Norwegian library dedicated to Henrik Ibsen.

By Walker Caplan | March 22, 2021

How Mark Twain Documented the Dawn of the Tourist Age

How Mark Twain Documented the Dawn of the Tourist Age

Marco d'Eramo on Innocents Abroad, the Account of an Early Transatlantic Cruise

By Marco d'Eramo | March 22, 2021

On the Undeniable Lure of the Historic Literary Home

On the Undeniable Lure of the Historic Literary Home

Elizabeth Brooks Visits Some Classic English Estates

By Elizabeth Brooks | March 18, 2021

How Japan’s Wind Phone Became a Bridge Between Life and Death

How Japan’s Wind Phone Became a Bridge Between Life and Death

Laura Imai Messina on Mourning, Resilience, and the Married Couple Who Changed Her Life

By Laura Imai Messina | March 17, 2021

In the Mississippi Woods Where the Southern Myth Ends

In the Mississippi Woods Where the Southern Myth Ends

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By W. Ralph Eubanks | March 16, 2021

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