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How the end of democracy made the Greeks more polite.

I Gotta Use Words

Accused of plagiarism, T.S. Eliot annotated The Waste Land with notes about his sources.

Slightly More Than 100 Exceptional Works of Journalism

This fantastic nonfiction from 2015 is still worth discovering and pondering today.

How People Migrated to the Americas

Bison DNA Helps Chart the Way.

The Philosopher Games

Who would win in a knife fight between all the philosophers?

Last Jewel in the Cartwheel Quadrilogy Crown

The Fascinating, Complicated Art of Designing a Book Cover

An Interview with Paul Buckley, Creative Director for Penguin Classics.

Of Thee I Read

The United States in Literature.

Grim Reader

A cultural history of mortal remains.

Boon Companion

Evliya Çelebi’s Seyahatname is one of history’s greatest travelogues.

Book up for a longer life

 Readers die later, study finds.

If the Olympics Were Held in Space

A dispatch from the future of extreme sports.

Microbes Have No Morals

None.

In Defense of Rudyard Kipling

I like him.