Professor Jarvis Givens ’ scholarship of Black history goes well beyond the great workings of notable men. His research and ...
The Tennessee Historical Society and the Tennessee Historical Commission are  pleased to announce the Tennessee History Book Award for 2025 will be presented to co-authors  Mary Ellen Pethel and Don ...
Books rise to the level of enduring art, I believe, when their writers take something ordinary and reintroduce it in a way ...
We think of money these days as anything but tangible. Venmo accounts, credit and debit cards, ACH transfers—we don’t really ...
Ridley Scott’s dystopian sci-fi series is finally heading to Netflix, bringing all four seasons of the alternate-history ...
A professor at Hunter College has built one of the largest special collections of contraband Russian literature in the world.
The personal library of Henry Knox encompasses a wide array of topics, from Middle Eastern civilization to philosophy to ...
A detailed exploration of the most sweeping government border closures in human history during the COVID-19 pandemic and the ...
The WWII alien epic you didn't know you needed.
NPR's Emily Kwong speaks with Sadeqa Johnson about her new novel THE KEEPER OF LOST CHILDREN and discovering the story of mixed-race children who were left in German orphanages following World War II.
In preparation for the U.S. Semiquincentennial this summer, we’re featuring two key texts in American history. First, Professor Nora Slonimsky joins NPR’s Sarah McCammon to discuss the legacy and ...