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    Joshua Hammer on Victorian London and the Great Race to Solve the Mysteries of Writing

    Joshua Hammer on Victorian London and the Great Race to Solve the Mysteries of Writing

    In Hammer's new book, he chronicles an era when archaeologists were stars and the public followed the quest to decipher Assyrian script.

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    Elon Green on the 1980s Police Brutality Case That Brought New York's Art Scene Together In Protest

    Elon Green on the 1980s Police Brutality Case That Brought New York's Art Scene Together In Protest

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    By James Polchin | March 19, 2025

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    Connie Briscoe Talks Setting, Suspense, and Moral Ambiguity with Karin Slaughter

    Three decades into a long and varied writing career, Briscoe's latest reinterprets du Maurier's "Rebecca" for a modern audience

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    Radha Vatsal on Writing Historical Fiction From a New Perspective

    Radha Vatsal on Writing Historical Fiction From a New Perspective

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