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The Library That Walked Across Belgium

What two scholar-artists learned from taking ninety books on a very, very long walk.
A young man looks out his balcony window, ignoring his Zoom call

Zoom Fatigue, Bold Rats, and Drive-in Church

Well-researched stories from Quartz, Wired, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
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How Not to Teach Grammar

When people with opinions and a platform rant about bad grammar, they're not helping, write two English professors.
Vintage image of a baseball game in the late 19th century.

Baseball History and Rural America

Baseball's creation myth is bunk, and historians have shown how important cities were to the game's development. But it was still a rural passion.
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These Plants Are Ready for Their Closeup

Move over cats of the internet, here comes something greener.
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Dean Mahomet: Travel Writer, Border Crosser

The author of what is considered the first English-language book by an Indian writer was neither a rebel nor an accommodationist.
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The Soup of British Colonialism

Mulligatawny soup started as a simple South Indian broth but was changed to appeal to British palates.
From a 1920s poster from the National Agricultural Library highlight the connection between good eating habits and overall health

The Surprising Backstory of Victory Gardens

In World War I, the Victory Garden movement encouraged people to grow their own food to conserve home-front supplies. But kids' gardens had planted the roots.
Tim Robinson

Deep Mapping with Tim Robinson

By walking his way around an island off the coast of Ireland, the late artist broke with cartography's origins in marking ownership and conquest.
Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc, for Fascists and Feminists

As Catholics mark the centennial of her canonization, it’s clear that there is more than one Joan of Arc. How did that happen?