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Who Makes Us Readers?
On discovering a passion for storytelling, reckoning with the devaluation of the humanities, and the people who help us along that journey.
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Nicole Miras
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The Most Scandalous Book You've Never Read
On Mary Elizabeth Braddon's "Lady Audley's Secret" and the Victorian sensation novel.
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Nicole Miras
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What We Write in the Shadows
In both Bram Stoker's "Dracula" and the vampire sitcom "What We Do in the Shadows," confessionals allow the uncanny and the mundane to collide.
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Nicole Miras
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Escaping to Elfland
On the legacy of portal fantasy in literature, from "The Mabinogion" to Lord Dunsany and C.S. Lewis.
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Nicole Miras
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Dragons of the East and West
Dragons, both benevolent and wicked, appear in folklore, literature, and art all across the globe. On the origin of dragons, and the myths and legends…
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Nicole Miras
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The English Magicians & the Raven King
Twenty years ago, Susanna Clarke's "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell" came to us "out of mists and rain." Reading it as a teenager changed my life…
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Nicole Miras
Crossroads Roundup: Stunning Banquet Hall and Frescoes Found in Pompeii, a Sherlock Holmes Manuscript Heads to Auction, and More
Our favorite stories on art, archaeology, folklore, and more from this past week.
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Nicole Miras
Patron Podcast: Beatrix Potter and the Children’s Publishing Revolution
Over 120 years have passed since Beatrix Potter published her first children’s book. Today, we’ll explore how one woman charmed millions of readers and…
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Nicole Miras
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Goths Through the Ages
The many faces of the Gothic (from the fall of Rome to the present), and some thoughts on the evolution of language.
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Nicole Miras
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How a Volcano Birthed a Monster
Inside the genesis of "Frankenstein," the eruption of Mount Tambora, and the complicated life of Mary Shelley.
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Nicole Miras
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Crossroads Roundup: Chinese Archaeological Discoveries, an 11th Century Astrolabe, and Gabriel García Márquez's Final Novel
Our favorite stories on art, archaeology, folklore, and more from this past week.
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Nicole Miras
The Witches of Discworld
An ode to the funniest, most fabulous fictional witches of all time.
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Nicole Miras
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