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April 2, 2026
Rachel Carson Has Known the Ocean
Her journey to the hidden depths of the sea invites a new way of seeing.
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March 13, 2026
Raymond Chandler and the Case of the Split Infinitive
An Atlantic copy editor suddenly found herself at odds with the famous writer over one edit.
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February 19, 2026
The ‘Hopeless Labor’ of Writing
American writing instruction has always involved some level of torture. What happens when technology makes it easy?
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February 12, 2026
The Rise of the ‘Slave Power’ Conspiracy
By the mid–19th century, sycophants had replaced statesmen to do the bidding of the slaveholding oligarchy.
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January 29, 2026
Another Way to Be an American
The idea of a “trans-national America” argued against forcing immigrants into an Anglo-Saxon mold.
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January 15, 2026
The Provocation That Helped Create America
Common Sense was subversive in 1776. Maybe its ideas are what we need now.
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