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In Praise of the Unhappy Happy Ending

In Praise of the Unhappy Happy Ending

Natalie Jenner Breaks Down an Alluring Authorial Move

By Natalie Jenner | May 23, 2022

Baboon Teeth, Urine Rinses... and More Horrors of Early Dentistry

Baboon Teeth, Urine Rinses... and More Horrors of Early Dentistry

Paul Craddock on the Early Literature of Tooth Transplants

By Paul Craddock | May 13, 2022

How the Disappearance of the Dinosaurs Created an Hospitable World for Humans

How the Disappearance of the Dinosaurs Created an Hospitable World for Humans

Riley Black on the Causes and Consequences of the Great Extinction

By Riley Black | April 26, 2022

Imagining the Lives of the Aviators Who Inspired William Faulkner

Imagining the Lives of the Aviators Who Inspired William Faulkner

Taylor Brown on Looking to the Past (Which Isn't Even Past)

By Taylor Brown | April 21, 2022

What Exactly Do Words Taste Like?

What Exactly Do Words Taste Like?

Dr. Guy Leschziner Clues Us In on the Flavor of Language

By Guy Leschziner | February 17, 2022

Puncturing a Dream: On the Dark-Edged Fantasy of the Ballerina and Traditional Femininity

Puncturing a Dream: On the Dark-Edged Fantasy of the Ballerina and Traditional Femininity

Rachel Kapelke-Dale Revisits the End of Her Former Life in Dance

By Rachel Kapelke-Dale | December 10, 2021

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How—and Why—America Criminalizes Poverty

By Tony Messenger | December 8, 2021

Homo erectus Was, and Was Not, Like Modern-Day Humans">How Homo erectus Was, and Was Not, Like Modern-Day Humans

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How Should Nations Handle the Human Aftermath of Disasters?

By Robert A. Jensen | September 28, 2021

Grey’s Anatomy Trickiest Medical Scenes">Not Just Sex: An Oral History of <emGrey’s Anatomy Trickiest Medical Scenes">

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“You can sit in the writers’ room and be like, ‘Oh, we’re going do a craniotomy...’”

By Lynette Rice | September 24, 2021

What We Know About Women in the Viking Age Is Steeped in Cultural Bias

What We Know About Women in the Viking Age Is Steeped in Cultural Bias

Nancy Marie Brown on How Gender Impacts the Interpretation of History

By Nancy Marie Brown | September 2, 2021

How Does the Biological Heart Have to Do With Our Emotions?

How Does the Biological Heart Have to Do With Our Emotions?

Reinhard Friedl on the Relationship Between the Body’s Mechanisms and Its Feelings

By Reinhard Friedl | August 25, 2021

Why Flat Earthers, Moon Landing Truthers, and Other Conspiracy Theorists Believe Their Own Nonsense

Why Flat Earthers, Moon Landing Truthers, and Other Conspiracy Theorists Believe Their Own Nonsense

John V. Petrocelli on the Alarming Spread of Fake News and Society's Increasing Aversion to Critical Thinking

By John V. Petrocelli | July 28, 2021

“Jonathan”

“Jonathan”

Rosamunde Pilcher

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 26, 2021

Sexual Politics and Female Power: Stories from the Playboy Bunny Resort

Sexual Politics and Female Power: Stories from the Playboy Bunny Resort

Christina Clancy on What We’re Getting Wrong

By Christina Clancy | July 20, 2021

The Epically Terrible Star Wars Holiday Special: An Oral History

The Epically Terrible Star Wars Holiday Special: An Oral History

AKA the Time George Lucas Disowned a Star Wars Production

By Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross | July 12, 2021

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