T.S. Eliot
Remembering the famous modernist poet T.S. Eliot with his poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."
Dead Birds, Data Mining, and Dark Matter
Well-researched stories from Public Books, Aeon, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
H.G. Wells’s Letters to Cora Crane
The correspondence between famous novelist H.G. Wells and Cora Crane, the partner of "The Red Badge of Courage" author Stephen Crane.
Upton Sinclair
Best known as the author of "The Jungle," Upton Sinclair had some thoughts about the American economy, which he shared in this 1906 essay.
Vaping Sickness, Modern Menopause, and Lab-Made Embryos
Well-researched stories from High Country News, Scientific American, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Climate Refugees, Child-Free Life, and Wellness at Work
Well-researched stories from The New Republic, PBS, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Forest Economies, Spy vs. Spy, and Nuking Hurricanes
Well-researched stories from Quanta, Wired, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Eleven Poems for Fall
Cozy up to autumn with verse from Dylan Thomas, Rainer Maria Rilke, Robert Frost, Rita Dove, and more.
The Dawn of WWII, According to the Chief of British Secret Intelligence
An original essay from 1939.
Amazon Fires, Hong Kong Money, and Dockless Scooters
Well-researched stories from Vice, The Conversation, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Toni Morrison, Mass Shootings, and Mothering
Well-researched stories from WBUR, Public Books, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Dementia, Trauma, and a Weird Tumor
Well-researched stories from the Atlantic, Aeon, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Banana Peels, Chronic Lyme, and Presidential Immunity
Well-researched stories from the Cut, the Atlantic, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Space, Seaweed, and Self-Awareness
Well-researched stories from Quanta, the New Yorker, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
New Nukes, AI Researchers, and Women’s Soccer
Well-researched stories from Vice, Public Books, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
TV Fireworks, Bare Feet, and Childish Professors
Well-researched stories from Scientific American, the Harvard Gazette, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Stories to Inspire Summer Fun
Some insights and tips to prepare for a summer of fun from JSTOR Daily.
Skull Spikes, Concentration Camps, and Reparations
Well-researched stories from Time, Nursing Clio, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Pain, Prohibition, and #CursedImages
Well-researched stories from NPR, the Washington Post, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
D-Day, Cricket Gourds, and Modern Lesbians
Well-researched stories from Longreads, the New York Times, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Hospital Bills, Intersectionality, and Civilizational Collapse
Well-researched stories from The Conversation, Aeon, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Chocolate Science, Boy Trees, and Robot Artists
Well-researched stories from Atlas Obscura, Slate, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Inception Machines, Weird Ice, and a Post-Roe World
Well-researched stories from Quanta, Wired, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
The Delicate Science-Art of the Blaschka Invertebrate Collection
The Cornell Collection of Blaschka Invertebrate Models includes hundreds of glass models of sea creatures, making it both a teaching tool and a metaphor.