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In our Time: The Theory of the Leisure Class
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In 1895, when the National Trust was founded, homosexual acts of ‘gross indecency’ were still illegal in Britain. And yet, as Michael Hall reveals in his new book, A Queer…
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The strange history of a punctuation mark that makes writing feel human, and why people now think it proves the opposite.
A conversation with Greg Ketter of DreamHaven Books
In the now-famous protest photo of Greg Ketter by Theia Chatelle, Ketter is poised, tree-like, in mid-stride, his body clouded in mists of tear gas. Moments earlier, he had given…
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This is our last episode of Our Opinions Are Correct... but please stay subscribed to our feed, because you'll hear from us again. We're sad to be stepping away, but…
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