Matthew Pearl on the Purgatorio and Dante's afterlife

Middle of the Journey

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The Divine Comedy changed the course of culture. Bestselling author of The Dante Chamber Matthew Pearl explains why.

Vol 4, No 3 / July 3, 2018
  Marci Shore on Ukraine and revolution in real time

Blood on the Streets

An Interview with Marci Shore

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The events in Ukraine in the spring of 2014 provided a rare glimpse to the world of a European revolution as it happened.

Vol 4, No 2 / April 5, 2018
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Fear of Nothing

An Interview with Erica Jong

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The legendary author and social critic takes on modern America.

Vol 3, No 4 / July 12, 2017
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You Should Know Better

An Interview with Tom Nichols

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Respect for expertise seems to be at a historical nadir. How to combat the plague of low information? Tom Nichols has the answer.

Vol 3, No 3 / May 3, 2017
  Stacy Schiff on Salem and the politics of fear

No Fairy Tale

An interview with Stacy Schiff

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A leading historian and biographer explains the spiritual and psychological underpinnings of the Salem witch trials.

Vol 3, No 1 / January 3, 2017
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The Giant Stumbled

An Interview with Sebastian Mallaby

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Alan Greenspan shoulders, fairly or unfairly, a significant share of blame for the global financial crisis. Financial journalist Sebastian Mallaby explains what made the Fed Chairman tick.

Vol 2, No 5 / November 2, 2016
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The Big Bang and the Kabbalah

An Interview with Howard Smith

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What do the physics of modern cosmology and esoteric Jewish thought have to say to each other? A lot more than you'd imagine.

Vol 2, No 3 / June 27, 2016
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Nick Bollettieri's Picks for the U.S. Open

Nick Bollettieri's Picks for the U.S. Open

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The U.S. Open gets underway today in New York and there is no one more insightful on tennis than Nick Bollettieri, indisputably one of the greatest tennis coaches in the history of the game.

August 30, 2015