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George Washington on the cover of Alexis Coe's "You Never Forget Your First."

A New Book About George Washington Breaks All the Rules on How to Write About George Washington

A cheeky biography of the first president pulls no punches.

by Alexis Coe, Karin Wulf via Smithsonian on February 4, 2020

Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling, American Imperialist

What the author of "If—" learned about empire from the United States

by Maya Jasanoff via The New Republic on August 22, 2019

The Drunkard’s Progress

Two hundred years ago, it was hard for Americans to miss the message that they had a serious drinking problem.

by Benjamin Breen on January 17, 2019

Twenty-First Century Victorians

The nineteenth-century bourgeoisie used morality to assert class dominance — something elites still do today.

by Jason Tebbe via Jacobin on October 31, 2016

A frog and a toad together on a tandem bicycle

“Frog and Toad”: An Amphibious Celebration of Same-Sex Love

A series of illustrated children’s books endures as a classic. Was it also the author’s attempt to come out?

by Colin Stokes via The New Yorker on May 31, 2016

Who Owns Anne Frank?

The diary has been distorted by even her greatest champions. Would history have been better served if it had been destroyed?

by Cynthia Ozick via The New Yorker on September 28, 1997

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