June 21, 2019
The Rest Is History
Mozart, Jazzercise, and acknowledging—and being tied to—America’s past.
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The Immortal Mind of the Archive
On Irene Aloha Wright’s adventures and explorations in Florida history.
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June 12, 2019
Turn the Leaves and Use Them Well
The joys of experiencing Victorian children’s books as physical objects.
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The Ancient Mesopotamian Tablet as Cookbook
Kitchen-tested recipes from four thousand years ago for your next dinner party.
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What Maketh a Man
How queer artist J.C. Leyendecker invented an iconography of twentieth-century American masculinity.
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Monumental Mistakes
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Revolutionary Lovebirds
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Writers on strike search for romance at the picket line.
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