What is "The Great American Novel"?
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Notable Sandwich Special: Flashback
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Herman Melville Goes to Maui
Ed. Note: When my grandparents moved to Maui in the 1930s, they settled in Lahaina. That’s where my grandfather was as he watched several Japanese bombers...
Notable Sandwich #67: The Fool's Gold Loaf
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The Making of Donald Trump: The Eighties
In Sunday’s Culture Club post for paid subscribers, we took a look at how the media covered Donald Trump’s rise in 1970’s New York, as the flashy real-estate...
The Making of Donald Trump
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Notable Sandwiches #66: Fluffernutter
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The Christian Right's Deal With the Devil
“Witches' Sabbath” by Francisco Goya, 1821-23 It was a frigid desert-winter day on January 15, 1992, when a couple on the run were apprehended by Las Vegas...
The Village Voice's Hip-Hop Nation
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Oppenheimer, Shatterer of Worlds
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A Killer Reading List
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A Lineup of Midsummer Classics
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“There Are More of Us Than There Are of Them”: How To Be A Feminist in 2023
247 years ago today the United States declared independence, and it only took another 144 years to pass the Nineteenth Amendment, giving women the vote. The...
The Best of National Geographic
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Summer Special: A Notable Soup
With the temperatures getting higher, the air harder to breathe, and a book deadline looming like an angry sun, this seemed like an opportune time for the...
"You Have To Kill Mom Every 20 Years": How To Be A Feminist in 2023
It’s been a year since the landmark Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade. It’s been a terrible year for women in America — a year of increased...
Bits and Bobs
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Notable Sandwiches #66: Fish Finger
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Down the Rabbit Hole
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Notable Sandwiches #65: The Fishcake Butty
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