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Ho Ho Horror Why not make this Christmas a little darker? The post Ho Ho Horror appeared first on The American...
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Why not make this Christmas a little darker? The post Ho Ho Horror appeared first on The American Scholar.
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The Importance of Being Different A travel writer’s education The post The Importance of Being Different appeared first on The...
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A travel writer’s education The post The Importance of Being Different appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Bitten The post Bitten appeared first on The American Scholar.
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“The Peace of Wild Things” by Wendell Berry Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “The Peace of Wild Things” by Wendell Berry appeared first on...
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Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “The Peace of Wild Things” by Wendell Berry appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Red Tide Warning Living on Florida’s Gulf Coast means having to coexist with pervasive and toxic algal blooms—and...
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Living on Florida’s Gulf Coast means having to coexist with pervasive and toxic algal blooms—and neighbors who don’t always believe what they see The post Red Tide Warning appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Our Pets, Our Plates In defense of the furred and the hoofed The post Our Pets, Our Plates appeared first on The American...
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In defense of the furred and the hoofed The post Our Pets, Our Plates appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Camouflage The post Camouflage appeared first on The American Scholar.
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“One Letter” by Liu Xiaobo Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “One Letter” by Liu Xiaobo appeared first on The American...
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Set in Seclusion The post Set in Seclusion appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Downstream of Fukushima The Japanese seafood industry has rebounded, but is anyone worried about irradiated water? The post...
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The Japanese seafood industry has rebounded, but is anyone worried about irradiated water? The post Downstream of Fukushima appeared first on The American Scholar.
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“How Happy Is the Little Stone” by Emily Dickinson Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “How Happy Is the Little Stone” by Emily Dickinson appeared...
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Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “How Happy Is the Little Stone” by Emily Dickinson appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Cudillero The post Cudillero appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Woman in a Red Raincoat The post Woman in a Red Raincoat appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Laura S. Lewis Welding trash into treasure The post Laura S. Lewis appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Sheep Jones Swimming below the surface The post Sheep Jones appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Changing the Lens Exploding the Canon, Episode 5 (Finale) The post Changing the Lens appeared first on The American...
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Exploding the Canon, Episode 5 (Finale) The post Changing the Lens appeared first on The American Scholar.
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“Planetarium” by Adrienne Rich Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “Planetarium” by Adrienne Rich appeared first on The American...
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Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “Planetarium” by Adrienne Rich appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Bubble Girl The kidnapping that once riveted the nation The post Bubble Girl appeared first on The American...
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The kidnapping that once riveted the nation The post Bubble Girl appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Tramping With Virginia A seminal essay about walking the streets of London can present challenges in the classrooms of...
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A seminal essay about walking the streets of London can present challenges in the classrooms of today The post Tramping With Virginia appeared first on The American Scholar.
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“He Asked About the Quality” by C. P. Cavafy Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “He Asked About the Quality” by C. P. Cavafy appeared first...
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Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “He Asked About the Quality” by C. P. Cavafy appeared first on The American Scholar.
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The Scales The post The Scales appeared first on The American Scholar.
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“Daybreak in Alabama” by Langston Hughes Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “Daybreak in Alabama” by Langston Hughes appeared first on...
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Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “Daybreak in Alabama” by Langston Hughes appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Hot and Cold The post Hot and Cold appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Esteban Cabeza de Baca History witnessed, from the picket lines The post Esteban Cabeza de Baca appeared first on The...
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History witnessed, from the picket lines The post Esteban Cabeza de Baca appeared first on The American Scholar.
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“Death Fugue” by Paul Celan Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “Death Fugue” by Paul Celan appeared first on The American...
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Jane Skafte The language of trees The post Jane Skafte appeared first on The American Scholar.
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“The Answering Machine” by Linda Pastan Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “The Answering Machine” by Linda Pastan appeared first on The...
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Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “The Answering Machine” by Linda Pastan appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Agent 37 The post Agent 37 appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Tunneling to Freedom In The Great Escape (1963), the true story of a harrowing breakout from a German POW camp The post...
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In The Great Escape (1963), the true story of a harrowing breakout from a German POW camp The post Tunneling to Freedom appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Chris Combs Surveillance state The post Chris Combs appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Imperfecta Her brother’s disease leads a writer to challenge how we conceive of human abnormality in the...
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Her brother’s disease leads a writer to challenge how we conceive of human abnormality in the emerging era of gene editing The post Imperfecta appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Just When You Thought It Wasn’t Safe … How Wilbert Longfellow turned America into a nation of swimmers The post Just When You Thought It...
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How Wilbert Longfellow turned America into a nation of swimmers The post Just When You Thought It <em>Wasn’t</em> Safe … appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Turning the World to Powder Jay Owens on the tiny particles that float through our lives The post Turning the World to Powder...
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Jay Owens on the tiny particles that float through our lives The post Turning the World to Powder appeared first on The American Scholar.
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A Poet of the Soil The legacy of a writer who struggled with his celebrity The post A Poet of the Soil appeared first...
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The legacy of a writer who struggled with his celebrity The post A Poet of the Soil appeared first on The American Scholar.
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“À une passante” by Charles Baudelaire Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “À une passante” by Charles Baudelaire appeared first on The...
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Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “À une passante” by Charles Baudelaire appeared first on The American Scholar.
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“The Cucumber ” by Nâzim Hikmet Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “The Cucumber ” by Nâzim Hikmet appeared first on The...
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Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “The Cucumber ” by Nâzim Hikmet appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Nights at the Opera Long before he wrote his masterly novels, Stendhal was transformed by the power of music The post...
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Long before he wrote his masterly novels, Stendhal was transformed by the power of music The post Nights at the Opera appeared first on The American Scholar.
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“The Pulley” by George Herbert Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “The Pulley” by George Herbert appeared first on The American...
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Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “The Pulley” by George Herbert appeared first on The American Scholar.
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“I Will Greet the Sun Again” by Forugh Farrokhzad Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “I Will Greet the Sun Again” by Forugh Farrokhzad appeared...
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Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “I Will Greet the Sun Again” by Forugh Farrokhzad appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Rage, Muse The novels that revisit Greek myths, giving voice to the women who were scorned, wronged, or...
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The novels that revisit Greek myths, giving voice to the women who were scorned, wronged, or forgotten The post Rage, Muse appeared first on The American Scholar.
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“Snake” by D. H. Lawrence Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “Snake” by D. H. Lawrence appeared first on The American...
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A Ray of Sunshine The post A Ray of Sunshine appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Paolo Arao Acts of devotion The post Paolo Arao appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Queen of the Night Leigh Ann Henion embraces the creatures that light up the dark The post Queen of the Night appeared...
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Teach the Conflicts It’s natural—and right—to foster The post Teach the Conflicts appeared first on The American...
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It’s natural—and right—to foster The post Teach the Conflicts appeared first on The American Scholar.
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A Terrifying Delight Following Robert Frost into the depths The post A Terrifying Delight appeared first on The American...
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Following Robert Frost into the depths The post A Terrifying Delight appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Cancer The post Cancer appeared first on The American Scholar.
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“The Last Words of My English Grandmother” Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “The Last Words of My English Grandmother” appeared first on...
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Paradise Reclaimed Olivia Laing on the dark histories and utopian dreams of the flower bed The post Paradise Reclaimed...
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Olivia Laing on the dark histories and utopian dreams of the flower bed The post Paradise Reclaimed appeared first on The American Scholar.
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“Peter Quince at the Clavier” by Wallace Stevens Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “Peter Quince at the Clavier” by Wallace Stevens appeared...
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Martha Foley’s Granddaughters What the esteemed literary editor never knew about the life of her troubled son, David Burnett The...
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What the esteemed literary editor never knew about the life of her troubled son, David Burnett The post Martha Foley’s Granddaughters appeared first on The American Scholar.
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From All Souls by Saskia Hamilton Poems read aloud, beautifully The post From <em>All Souls</em> by Saskia Hamilton appeared first on...
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Poems read aloud, beautifully The post From <em>All Souls</em> by Saskia Hamilton appeared first on The American Scholar.
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The Diagnostician of Despair Why Rousseau believed that Enlightenment values would lead us to ruin The post The Diagnostician of...
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Why Rousseau believed that Enlightenment values would lead us to ruin The post The Diagnostician of Despair appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Marlana Stoddard Hayes Hope blooms The post Marlana Stoddard Hayes appeared first on The American Scholar.
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The Source The post The Source appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Mystery Solved! The post Mystery Solved! appeared first on The American Scholar.
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What Do You Want to Know For? The post What Do You Want to Know For? appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Bathing Badasses Vicki Valosik gets submerged in the history of synchronized swimming The post Bathing Badasses...
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Vicki Valosik gets submerged in the history of synchronized swimming The post Bathing Badasses appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Last Laugh The post Last Laugh appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Rap Rap Rap The post Rap Rap Rap appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Good Intentions The post Good Intentions appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Lift Off The post Lift Off appeared first on The American Scholar.
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“The Poet’s Occasional Alternative” by Grace Paley Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “The Poet’s Occasional Alternative” by Grace Paley appeared...
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Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “The Poet’s Occasional Alternative” by Grace Paley appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Guillermo The post Guillermo appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Three Poems The post Three Poems appeared first on The American Scholar.
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For Want of Touch The astonishing breadth of our passions The post For Want of Touch appeared first on The American...
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The astonishing breadth of our passions The post For Want of Touch appeared first on The American Scholar.
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To Catch a Sunset Reflections on allergies, anxieties, and the limits of familial love The post To Catch a Sunset...
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Reflections on allergies, anxieties, and the limits of familial love The post To Catch a Sunset appeared first on The American Scholar.
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“The Gaffe” by C. K. Williams Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “The Gaffe” by C. K. Williams appeared first on The American...
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A Rebel to Remember Gregory P. Downs on the late Anthony E. Kaye’s groundbreaking history of Nat Turner The post A Rebel...
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Gregory P. Downs on the late Anthony E. Kaye’s groundbreaking history of Nat Turner The post A Rebel to Remember appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Parque de la Música The post Parque de la Música appeared first on The American Scholar.
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“The Bird of Night” by Randall Jarrell Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “The Bird of Night” by Randall Jarrell appeared first on The...
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Catalina Schliebener Muñoz Playing with dolls The post Catalina Schliebener Muñoz appeared first on The American Scholar.
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“To David, About His Education” by Howard Nemerov Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “To David, About His Education” by Howard Nemerov appeared...
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Consummated in Exile A new recording of Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances conveys the breadth of the 20th-century...
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A new recording of Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances conveys the breadth of the 20th-century composer’s life’s journey The post Consummated in Exile appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Bony Ramirez Beautiful parasites The post Bony Ramirez appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Bards Behind Bars Reading Sartre aloud inside a maximum-security prison The post Bards Behind Bars appeared first on...
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Drops in a Bucket The post Drops in a Bucket appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Jason Middlebrook Tree rings in time The post Jason Middlebrook appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Autumn 2024 The post Autumn 2024 appeared first on The American Scholar.
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The Support Ship The post The Support Ship appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Up Close The post Up Close appeared first on The American Scholar.
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“water sign woman” by Lucille Clifton Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “water sign woman” by Lucille Clifton appeared first on The...
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“Three Things Enchanted Him …” by Anna Akhmatova Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “Three Things Enchanted Him …” by Anna Akhmatova appeared...
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“Tristan da Cunha” by Roy Campbell Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “Tristan da Cunha” by Roy Campbell appeared first on The...
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The March Down Main The post The March Down Main appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Others Too many people in the world isn’t the problem—people are the problem The post Others appeared first...
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Too many people in the world isn’t the problem—people are the problem The post Others appeared first on The American Scholar.
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“The Testimony of J. Robert Oppenheimer: A Fiction” by Ai The post “The Testimony of J. Robert Oppenheimer: A Fiction” by Ai appeared first on The American...
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“Guests” by Celia Thaxter  Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “Guests” by Celia Thaxter  appeared first on The American...
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“A Prayer for My Daughter” by W. B. Yeats Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “A Prayer for My Daughter” by W. B. Yeats appeared first on...
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Going for Gold Joshua Prager on a forgotten Olympic gymnast whose 1904 record still hasn’t been beaten The post...
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Joshua Prager on a forgotten Olympic gymnast whose 1904 record still hasn’t been beaten The post Going for Gold appeared first on The American Scholar.
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What Comes Naturally The post What Comes Naturally appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Acting Out One tortuous journey from stage to screen The post Acting Out appeared first on The American...
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One tortuous journey from stage to screen The post Acting Out appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Indiana Absurd Tiffany Tsao on translating a beguiling Indonesian short-story collection The post Indiana Absurd...
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Tiffany Tsao on translating a beguiling Indonesian short-story collection The post Indiana Absurd appeared first on The American Scholar.
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The Rescuer In search of the Underground Railroad’s legendary conductor The post The Rescuer appeared first on...
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The Writing on the Wall Augustine Sedgewick on his discovery of Henry David Thoreau’s connection to slavery The post The...
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A Messy Mix The post A Messy Mix appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Celebrating an American Icon The post Celebrating an American Icon appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Kinship and Contradictions Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz on the complexities of Native American identity The post Kinship and...
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The Baritone as Democrat How Lawrence Tibbett prophesied the Metropolitan Opera crisis of today The post The Baritone as...
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Writer on Board The cruise story from Twain to Shteyngart The post Writer on Board appeared first on The American...
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Bridges The post Bridges appeared first on The American Scholar.
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American Modernism’s Lost Boy-King The late, great Paul Auster on Stephen Crane The post American Modernism’s Lost Boy-King appeared...
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The late, great Paul Auster on Stephen Crane The post American Modernism’s Lost Boy-King appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Kat Wiese Taking flight The post Kat Wiese appeared first on The American Scholar.
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“What a Strange Path” Three new prompts The post “What a Strange Path” appeared first on The American Scholar.
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From Las Cosas Nuevas by Ennio Moltedo The post From <em>Las Cosas Nuevas</em> by Ennio Moltedo appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Riding With Mr. Washington How my great-grandfather invented himself at the end of Reconstruction The post Riding With Mr....
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Betsy, Mary, and Trish The post Betsy, Mary, and Trish appeared first on The American Scholar.
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“how i got ovah” by Carolyn Rodgers Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “how i got ovah” by Carolyn Rodgers appeared first on The...
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Sienna Martz Sculpting the detritus of fast fashion The post Sienna Martz appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Un Tinto The post Un Tinto appeared first on The American Scholar.
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The Challenge The post The Challenge appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Dottie Lo Bue House and home The post Dottie Lo Bue appeared first on The American Scholar.
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As I Walked Out One Morning The post As I Walked Out One Morning appeared first on The American Scholar.
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“Defeat” by Kahlil Gibran Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “Defeat” by Kahlil Gibran appeared first on The American...
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My Cousin Manya One survivor’s story The post My Cousin Manya appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Born to Be Wild One founding family’s centuries-long journey The post Born to Be Wild appeared first on The American...
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“Full Moon Rhyme” by Judith Wright Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “Full Moon Rhyme” by Judith Wright appeared first on The...
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In Reprise: Next, Line Please A new poetry prompt for players new and old The post In Reprise: Next, Line Please appeared first on...
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Let Us Compare Mythologies Exploding the Canon, Episode 4 The post Let Us Compare Mythologies appeared first on The American...
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Katie Heller Saltoun Tenderness and grit The post Katie Heller Saltoun appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Heart of Semi-Darkness A writer’s delectable quest for rare flavors The post Heart of Semi-Darkness appeared first on The...
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Thoreau’s Pencils How might a newly discovered The post Thoreau’s Pencils appeared first on The American Scholar.
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The Patron Subjects Who were the Wertheimers, the family that sat for a dozen of John Singer Sargent’s paintings? The...
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The Redoubtable Bull Shark Reflecting on one of nature’s most dangerous predators The post The Redoubtable Bull Shark appeared...
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Numbers Game A novelist’s indictment of how we account for our history The post Numbers Game appeared first on...
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Such as It Is The post Such as It Is appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Bastienne Schmidt The fabric of life The post Bastienne Schmidt appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Échame la Culpa The post Échame la Culpa appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Overconsumed Adam Minter on what happens to all the stuff we downsize, declutter, and discard The post...
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Part of the Parade The post Part of the Parade appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Ups and Downs The post Ups and Downs appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Fiction, Fakery, and Factory Farming Spanish novelist Munir Hachemi talks about Living Things The post Fiction, Fakery, and Factory...
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Spanish novelist Munir Hachemi talks about Living Things The post Fiction, Fakery, and Factory Farming appeared first on The American Scholar.
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“Hymn” by A. R. Ammons Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “Hymn” by A. R. Ammons appeared first on The American...
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Battle Hymns Charles Ives and the Civil War The post Battle Hymns appeared first on The American Scholar.
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On Book August Wilson’s play just hit the big screen, but even greater rewards await on the page The post On...
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Cats and Dogs The post Cats and Dogs appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Good Vibrations One eccentric’s desert landmark allows visitors to bathe in sound The post Good Vibrations appeared...
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The Next New Thing In architecture, the gulf between the traditional and the modern seems wider than ever before The...
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Hometown Heroes What if the goal is not to make it out of the neighborhood? The post Hometown Heroes appeared first...
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