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John Horne Burns: The writer Hemingway and Vidal envied

"The Gallery" was among the first (and best) novels about gay life in the military. Its author has an amazing story

David Margolick Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 12:00 AM UTC
Life History, World War II, Gay Rights

Colum McCann spins out

The leaden "Transatlantic" suggests he's exhausted the themes that made "Let the Great World Spin" so readable

James Santel, LA Review of Books Sunday, Jun 16, 2013 7:00 PM UTC
Life LA Review of Books, Books, Novels

The theme song of the radical right

How "Battle Hymn of the Republic" -- Reagan's favorite song -- became the background music of the modern GOP

John Stauffer and Benjamin Soskis Sunday, Jun 16, 2013 5:30 PM UTC 35
Media Music, American History

Joseph Ellis: 1776, the summer America was born

Pulitzer Prize-winner Joseph Ellis on Washington, Adams and the months when soldiers and statesmen forged America

Joseph J. Ellis Sunday, Jun 16, 2013 1:59 PM UTC 15
Politics Revolutionary War

“Game of Thrones,” inspired by true events

The Starks and Lannisters are flights of fancy, but the world of Westeros is lifted directly from the history books

Steven Lloyd Wilson, Pajiba Saturday, Jun 15, 2013 4:00 PM UTC 13
Life Pajiba, Game of Thrones, TV, HBO

“Queen of the Air”: Love and death in the big top

The extravagant true story of the Brad and Angelina of the circus, their great romance and secret sufferings

Laura Miller Sunday, Jun 9, 2013 10:00 PM UTC
Entertainment What to Read, Books, Nonfiction

Postmortem portraiture: Creepy or sweet?

While photographing dead relatives might sound morbid, some see it as a way to memorialize their loved ones

Allison Meier, Hyperallergic Saturday, Jun 8, 2013 12:49 AM UTC
Life Hyperallergic, Photography

“The Spy Who Loved”: Britain’s most glamorous agent

The true story of a Polish countess turned courier and resistance fighter is better than any James Bond novel

Laura Miller Sunday, Jun 2, 2013 10:00 PM UTC
Entertainment What to Read, Books

He predicted today’s GOP… in 1895

Folksy evangelical Sam P. Jones warned of “scandalmongers” who “feed on human character and soiled reputation”

Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg Wednesday, May 29, 2013 2:00 PM UTC
Politics Scandal, IRS, Benghazi, History

“Duel With the Devil”: Murder in Old New York

Before their fatal duel, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr teamed up in court to save a man from the gallows

Laura Miller Sunday, May 26, 2013 11:00 PM UTC
Entertainment What to Read, Must-Do, Books

What’s 2013′s “Gone Girl”? Here are this summer’s best reads

Why settle for the latest Dan Brown, when you can while away the dog days with these stylish page-turners?

Laura Miller Friday, May 24, 2013 11:30 PM UTC 14
Entertainment Books, What to Read, Fiction

“The Unwinding”: What’s gone wrong with America

A deeply-reported exploration of the past 35 years of American life gauges the human cost of "freedom"

Laura Miller Sunday, May 19, 2013 10:00 PM UTC 39
Entertainment What to Read, Books, Nonfiction

Colin Quinn’s “Unconstitutional” history lesson

In his new off-Broadway show, the SNL alumnus schools audiences with his irreverent take on the Founding Fathers

Eric Brown, International Business Times Sunday, May 19, 2013 5:00 PM UTC
Social History, Theater, colin quinn

New PBS programming includes mini-series on African Americans and JFK

The network will also focus on current events

Lynn Elber, Associated Press Thursday, May 9, 2013 5:21 PM UTC
Entertainment JFK, PBS, Television

First Western painting of Native Americans discovered at the Vatican

It's a detail in the Borgia Apartment

Hrag Vartanian, Hyperallergic Tuesday, May 7, 2013 3:58 PM UTC
Life Hyperallergic, Italy, Art, Painting

North America’s forgotten plague

Smallpox killed more than 20,000 Canadians in 1862. Why isn't there a memorial commemorating the epidemic?

John Douglas Belshaw, The Walrus Saturday, May 4, 2013 6:00 PM UTC
Social The Walrus, Canada, Disease

Rand Paul tries to outrun history at Howard

The Tea Party senator hoped Howard University would forget his comments on the Civil Rights Act

Alex Seitz-Wald Wednesday, Apr 10, 2013 5:50 PM UTC 120
Politics Rand Paul, African Americans

“How to Create the Perfect Wife”

The true story of man who raised an orphan to be his ideal woman -- and got more than he bargained for

Laura Miller Sunday, Apr 7, 2013 10:00 PM UTC 13
Entertainment What to Read, Nonfiction

Colonial Williamsburg: Where the Tea Party gets schooled

There's lots of NRA and Tea Party garb in colonial Williamsburg. But the history has a confrontational new approach

Andrew O'Hehir Sunday, Apr 7, 2013 4:00 PM UTC 52
Life American History, History

They put the evil in Medieval

Think the royals in "Game of Thrones" are wicked? Check out the real-life bad guys of the Middle Ages

Laura Miller Friday, Apr 5, 2013 10:25 PM UTC 35
Entertainment Game of Thrones, History, Crime

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