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Ghosts of Berggasse 19

“You are buzzed in after a moment, as if you are entering a doctor’s office, as if you are a patient, as if the Freud, whose eyes stare out from the tiers of brochures in the museum’s front room, will tell you in due time what your dreams mean.”

by Tess Solomon on July 31, 2018July 29, 2018

Monumento Mori

“Commemorating those who died in the American Civil War, and the consequences of a selective memory.”

by Nicolette D’Angelo on December 10, 2017December 10, 2017

A Form of Evidence

Inside Firestone’s special collections, coins tell us about history.

by Carson Welch on November 19, 2017November 17, 2017

The Bust of Sokrates

“But then the Romans didn’t want paunchy, lumpy bodies in their villas (aside from their own), so they decapitated Sokrates, already green and moldy from the hemlock, and shoved his face alone in their alcoves, dressing him up in pure white marble.”

by A C Gray on October 15, 2017October 14, 2017

The Parapsychologists

“From the driveway, Professor Jahn was visible standing behind the screen door. He did not motion or wave as we drove off. He just watched us leave.”

by Alejandro de la Garza on October 1, 2017September 30, 2017

Pointing Fingers

“My point that I’m not pointing starts with the Scopes Trial.”

by Sarah Barnette on February 26, 2017February 26, 2017

Books@ Cafe

The rich history of a gay café in Amman, Jordan and the social change it inspired in a complex metropolis

by Christian Bischoff on February 26, 2017July 22, 2017

Living History

Amidst the empty pews and graying hair, she is proof that, while the story she tells may be hidden, it is still very much alive.

by Peter Schmidt on February 19, 2017February 19, 2017

Leon/Levy

Forgiving and living after the Holocaust

by Serena Alagappan on December 11, 2016July 21, 2017

Jewish Wisdom

Love, lust, and etsah in the Orange Bubble.

by Ben Perelmuter, Zach Cohen on December 3, 2016December 13, 2016

Witness Theater

Art, trauma, and the Holocaust

by Serena Alagappan on November 13, 2016

A Brief and True History of Adirondack Chairs

Any school child knows that Neil Armstrong was the first man to sit in an Adirondack chair on the moon, but few know the story of its humble roots as a wee embryo in the mind of Thomas Lee.

by Carson Welch on October 2, 2016


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