The current book obsessions of Reader culture editor Aimee Levitt and essayist and Women & Children First co-owner Sarah Hollenbeck.
Tag: American History
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What we learned this weekend at the Chicago Humanities Festival
Jerry Saltz, Alex Ross, women’s anger, and why historians sort of miss Richard Nixon
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South Carolina is more educated about its history than you might think
Did public educatiion in South Carolina lead to the vote to furl the battle flag?
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What’s Old: Young Mr. Lincoln
John Ford’s Young Mr. Lincoln screens at Bank of America Cinema.
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Innocence Abroad
How many times can you lose your virginity? Quite a few, if you’re an American confronted by history.
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What the Indians knew and when they knew it
The Iroquois understood private property perfectly well. The United States and the British Empire made sure they couldn’t have any.
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. . . And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him
Adapted from Tomas Rivera’s autobiographical novel, . . . And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him sheds rare light on a neglected corner of American history. Set in 1952, the film is a series of carefully observed vignettes focusing on the travails of a family of Chicano migrant laborers. A veteran documentary and educational filmmaker […]