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The American Scholar
A lively forum about literature, the arts and sciences, history, society, politics, and public affairs.
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Knot in my Back Yard
Not all non-native plants and animals need to be eradicated The post Knot in my Back Yard appeared first on The American Scholar.
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“The Giver” by James Baldwin
Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “The Giver” by James Baldwin appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Karyn Olivier
The mutability of materials The post Karyn Olivier appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Blades of Grass
Christopher Kondrich on his poems of climatic catastrophe The post Blades of Grass appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Fractured Odysseus
The psychiatrist Jonathan Shay’s books on Homer are the key to Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey The post Fractured Odysseus appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Want to, Have to
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“Wild Nights—Wild Nights!” by Emily Dickinson
Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “Wild Nights—Wild Nights!” by Emily Dickinson appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Any Way You Can
This is what can happen when you’re abandoned in a war zone The post Any Way You Can appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Our Versatile, Durable Pickup
The story of a vehicle that is many things to many people but is, above all, an American icon The post Our Versatile, Durable Pickup appeared first on The…
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Hidden Truths
A new portrait of one of the 20th century’s most controversial philosophers The post Hidden Truths appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Darse con un Canto en los Dientes
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“Homecoming” by Henry Sloss
Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “Homecoming” by Henry Sloss appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Amie Cunat
Naming our monsters The post Amie Cunat appeared first on The American Scholar.
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The Translator Stuck
Amanda L. Andrei on her relationship with the Romanian language and her Romanian father The post The Translator Stuck appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Once More in Triple Time
In Salzburg, the tourist hordes come for Mozart, but imagine an alternate city, one where a very different composer is venerated The post Once More in Triple…
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“Now That I Am Forever With Child” by Audre Lorde
Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “Now That I Am Forever With Child” by Audre Lorde appeared first on The American Scholar.
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“A Bed for Your Voice to Sleep In”
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Gratitude Isn’t Everything
The revolutionary Patriots owed much to their forefathers, but their fight for universal rights embraced a wider mission The post Gratitude Isn’t Everything…
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It All Comes Down to This
As the recent World Cup showed, the drama of a penalty shootout can at times be Shakespearean The post It All Comes Down to This appeared first on The American…
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Sheep that Bleat
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“The End of March” by Elizabeth Bishop
Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “The End of March” by Elizabeth Bishop appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Todd Stong
Gardens of earthly delights The post Todd Stong appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Riot Girls
Jessica Hopper shines a spotlight on the too-often-overlooked women of rock history The post Riot Girls appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Thanatos Rising
A 1930s correspondence between Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud laid out each man’s views on war and peace The post Thanatos Rising appeared first on The…
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“The Idea of Order at Key West” by Wallace Stevens
Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “The Idea of Order at Key West” by Wallace Stevens appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Beckett the Prophet
We are all, it seems, still waiting for Godot The post Beckett the Prophet appeared first on The American Scholar.
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My Teacher
Through periods both fallow and rich, Lore Segal knew only one way to spend her days—by writing The post My Teacher appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Bending Toward Justice
Rejecting the “race riot” myth means facing the ugly truth The post Bending Toward Justice appeared first on The American Scholar.
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“The Bean-Stalk” by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “The Bean-Stalk” by Edna St. Vincent Millay appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Jesse Lee Kercheval
Our inner mythologies The post Jesse Lee Kercheval appeared first on The American Scholar.
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To the Manor Born
Adrian Tinniswood dissects the myth of the deteriorating British estate The post To the Manor Born appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Verse From the Abyss
How a Jewish poet rebuilt his mother tongue in the wake of the Holocaust The post Verse From the Abyss appeared first on The American Scholar.
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“A Field of Finches Without Sight Still Singing” by Grace Cavalieri
Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “A Field of Finches Without Sight Still Singing” by Grace Cavalieri appeared first on The American Scholar.
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Twain Town, U.S.A.
Samuel Clemens is everywhere in Hannibal, Missouri, but is the story the town tells about its favorite son grounded in reality or myth? The post Twain Town…
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“Come Live with Me and Be My Love”
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