What It Means to Be American
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The author of A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO AMERICA talks about history, identity, and place and what they mean to her and in our current cultural moment.
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The author of A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO AMERICA talks about history, identity, and place and what they mean to her and in our current cultural moment.
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We spoke with Craig Wright, author of The Hidden Habits of Genius. We spoke with Craig about his views on talent, art, and isolation.
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A renowned dancer and artistic director talks about his unconventional career.
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Charles Schulz's Peanuts can still delight, sadden, and fascinate us seven decades after it premiered in newspapers. We spoke with the editor of a Peanuts writing anthology about why.
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We spoke with a current candidate for Manhattan DA, on the justice system vs. the pandemic and her vision for the office.
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Our latest episode features Wayne Rebhorn, acclaimed translator of the Decameron, on Giovanni Boccaccio, his most famous work, and why it's still relevant.
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Our latest episode features Frank Snowden, author of Naples in the Time of Cholera, on what we can learn from a late-19th century pandemic.
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Our latest episode features Tom Holland on a plague that changed the course of ancient history, Thucydides, and what we can learn from the Greeks.
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Our latest episode features James Shapiro talking about a major theme in Shakespeare’s work and life: the plagues that ravaged London throughout his career.
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We are pleased to announce the Octavian 2019 holiday book List. The list makes great year-end reading wherever you may be — and great gifts, if you are still looking.
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