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Where to Score: Classified Ads from Haight-Ashbury

From 1966-1969, the underground newspaper 'San Francisco Oracle' became exceedingly popular among counterculture communities.
by Jason Fulford, Jordan Stein via The Paris Review on March 14, 2018
Walden Pond.

'Walden' Wasn’t Thoreau’s Masterpiece

In his 2-million-word journal, the transcendentalist balanced poetic wonder and scientific rigor as he explored the natural world.
by Andrea Wulf via The Atlantic on November 1, 2017

The Story Behind the First-Ever Fact-Checkers

Here's how they were able to do their jobs long before the Internet.
by Merrill Fabry via TIME on August 24, 2017

The Invasion of Musical Robots, 1929

The rise of recorded music left many musicians fearful of a takeover by "canned music."
by John F. Ptak via JF Ptak Science Books on June 1, 2017
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The Real Story Behind "Johnny Appleseed"

Johnny Appleseed was based on a real person, John Chapman, who was eccentric enough without the legends.
by Matthew Wills, William Kerrigan via JSTOR Daily on October 22, 2016
Rows of typewriters in front of computers

How Literature Became Word Perfect

Before the word processor, perfect copy was the domain of the typist—not the literary genius.
by Josephine Livingstone via The New Republic on May 2, 2016
Cover of Rafael Rojas' new book.

Words Are the Weapons, the Weapons Must Go

A new book recovers long-suppressed alternative politics.
by Patrick Iber via Los Angeles Review of Books on April 28, 2016
Frederick Douglass.
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"What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?"

Frederick Douglass’ 1852 speech is widely known as one of the greatest abolitionist speeches ever.
via BackStory on July 7, 2014
Portrait of Ambrose Bierce with skull

One of America's Best

Ambrose Bierce deviated from the refined eeriness of English-style ghost stories for his haunting descriptions of fateful coincidence and horrific revelation.
by Michael Dirda via New York Review of Books on May 10, 2012

Flora and Femininity: Gender and Botany in Early America

Embroidered orchards and peony hair ornaments testify that women were practitioners of floral display, but many women sought knowledge as well as style.
by Susan Branson via Commonplace on January 1, 2012
Black and white photo of John Muir sitting on a rock

John Muir's Literary Science

The writings of the Scottish-born American naturalist John Muir are known for their scientific acumen as well as for their rhapsodic flights.
by Terry Gifford via The Public Domain Review on June 9, 2011

Mystic Nights

The making of “Blonde on Blonde” in Nashville, Tennessee.
by Sean Wilentz via Oxford American on September 20, 2007
Cover of the New York Review issue after JFK's assassination, featuring a seal with an eagle that has been felled by arrows.

The Fate of the Union: Kennedy and After

Reflections on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
by Richard Hofstadter, Irving Howe, Dwight Macdonald, Norman Mailer, David Riesman, George Lichtheim, Richard H. Rovere, Benjamin DeMott, Neal Ascherson, Hans J. Morgenthau, C. Vann Woodward via New York Review of Books on December 26, 1963

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