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On the novelist's 250th birthday, a UVA English professor explains why Austen's vivid characters and universal themes ...

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The inner and outer forecasts don’t always match up. This short poem by Louise Glück starts out cold and stays that way for ...

Last month, underground Chicago hip-hop crew Tomorrow Kings dropped their first album in 12 years, Salt, via Swiss label Buenaventura. They clearly took their time with it, and not just because ...

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Political scientists Suzanne Mettler and Trevor E. Brown traveled across America and learned why rural Americans don’t like ...

A Christmas Story has touched a few nerves in recent memory. I’ve read articles, blog posts and Reddit threads vilifying this ...

A professional lip reader interpreted Volodymyr Zelensky's seemingly emotional comments during his meeting with Sir Keir ...

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Jason Stern reflects on how personal “world endings” become necessary thresholds for growth, presence, and rebirth.