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September 10, 2001 at the World Trade Center's Windows on the World

September 10, 2001 at the World Trade Center's Windows on the World

Life in New York City on the Eve of History

By Tom Roston | September 13, 2019

A Brief History of Mostly Terrible Campaign Biographies

A Brief History of Mostly Terrible Campaign Biographies

“No harm if true; but, in fact, not true.” (Buckle Up for 2020)

By Jaime Fuller | September 12, 2019

The Eerily Prescient Lessons of<br> <em>Darkness at Noon</em>

The Eerily Prescient Lessons of
Darkness at Noon

Michael Scammell on the Eternal Totalitarian Truths of Arthur Koestler's Classic

By Michael Scammell | September 12, 2019

The Woman Who Beat the Nazis in Europe's Deadliest Horse Race

The Woman Who Beat the Nazis in Europe's Deadliest Horse Race

Lata Brandisová Probably Would Have Also Punched Them

By Richard Askwith | September 12, 2019

Susan Sontag reacting to 9/11 in <em>The New Yorker</em> remains essential reading.

Susan Sontag reacting to 9/11 in The New Yorker remains essential reading.

By Jonny Diamond | September 11, 2019

Stop Treating Rural White Voters as a Monolith

Stop Treating Rural White Voters as a Monolith

Christopher Ingraham on the Importance of Understanding
Purple America

By Christopher Ingraham | September 11, 2019

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Dina Nayeri on Returning to the Hotel-Turned-Refugee-Camp of Her Childhood

By Dina Nayeri | September 11, 2019

From Wall Street to Chicago's South Side: When Global Economics Make Local Progress Nearly Impossible

By Nicholas Lemann | September 11, 2019

What Incarcerated Writers Want the Literary Community to Understand

By Caits Meissner | September 11, 2019

Rebecca Fisseha on #MeToo in Ethiopia and Eritrea

Rebecca Fisseha on #MeToo in Ethiopia and Eritrea

When Women Who Survive Split the World Open

By Rebecca Fisseha | September 11, 2019

Under Siege: Mirza Waheed<br> on Kashmir

Under Siege: Mirza Waheed
on Kashmir

The Toll of Life Under Lock Down

By Mirza Waheed | September 10, 2019

What Would All Right Feel Like? Honor Moore Tells<br> Her Story

What Would All Right Feel Like? Honor Moore Tells
Her Story

On the Private Moments That Lead to a Public Movement

By Honor Moore | September 9, 2019

On Agatha Christie and the Dawn of a Post-Capitalist Era

On Agatha Christie and the Dawn of a Post-Capitalist Era

A Close Reading of Christie's 80th book, Passenger to Frankfurt, by Slavoj Žižek

By Slavoj Žižek | September 9, 2019

Did the Russian <em>Wizard of Oz</em> Subvert Soviet Propaganda?

Did the Russian Wizard of Oz Subvert Soviet Propaganda?

Olga Zilberbourg on Aleksandr Volkov's Adaptation of
L. Frank Baum's Classic

By Olga Zilberbourg | September 6, 2019

On the Unlikely Extremes of Maoist Influence on the West

On the Unlikely Extremes of Maoist Influence on the West

Left-Wing Rebels, Civil Rights Fighters, and the Cult of Mao
in the 1960s and 70s

By Julia Lovell | September 5, 2019

Struggling to Write Outside a Colonial Framework

Struggling to Write Outside a Colonial Framework

Meredith Talusan on the Complexity of Telling
Filipino Immigrant Stories

By Meredith Talusan | September 4, 2019

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