• Historical

    On Asylums, Mental Illness, and Controlling Women's Emotions

    Jennifer Cody Epstein on an infamous 19th century asylum and its exploitative director.

    July 19, 2023  By Jennifer Cody Epstein
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    The Murder Case in Arden Of Faversham, the Greatest Shakespearean-Era Play You've Never Heard Of

    Renowned theater scholar Amnon Kabatchnik on the sixteenth century courtroom drama that is the first surviving play about a real murder.

    July 14, 2023  By Amnon Kabatchnik
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    In Praise of the Crafty Hortense Mancini

    "[S]candalous, outrageous, and transgressive...No amount of designing could surpass her."

    July 14, 2023  By Robert Lloyd
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    The Return of the Cold War Novel and Its Glorious Uncertainties

    "To revisit the Cold War is to step off the moral high ground of Second World War fiction onto something boggier. It’s a land that grows rich stories, packed with psychological drama..."

    June 30, 2023  By Beatriz Williams
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    Historical Mystery Reads for When Summer Is Calling Your Name

    Long days, balmy nights, historical mysteries...

    June 16, 2023  By Kate Khavari
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    Drinking, Dancing, and Breaking the Law: Nightlife in the Jazz Age

    Upscale speakeasies, working class bars, and a thriving queer subculture were all parts of going out during Prohibition.

    June 8, 2023  By Katharine Schellman
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    Historical Research as Procedural

    "[H]istorical research can offer a crime writer their own experience of investigation."

    June 8, 2023  By Katharine Beutner
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    How to be a Regency Lady Sleuth

    "[C]reating a feasible and authentic lady sleuth in the Regency era is not impossible, but does take some intense research about the society and its values."

    June 2, 2023  By Alison Goodman
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    Scenes from the Wild Wild East: Snapshots of Post-Soviet Russia

    Or, finding fictional inspiration in the world of Russia in the 90s

    May 31, 2023  By Josh Haven
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    The Ghosts of Old Hollywood

    In the 1930s and 40s, Hollywood faced a string of notorious scandals that brought abuse and exploitation to light.

    May 23, 2023  By Kendall Kulper
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