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The End of Reading Is Here
Optimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history.
The End of Reading Is Here
The Truth of El Mozote
The Truth of El Mozote
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They Gave Her A Lobotomy So Her Brother Could Be President
They Gave Her A Lobotomy So Her Brother Could Be President
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The Lazarus File
The Lazarus File
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Artists in Uniform
Politics
Artists in Uniform
Mary McCarthy·Harper's Magazine
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A Hundred Thousand Straightened Nails
Personal
A Hundred Thousand Straightened Nails
Donald Hall·Books & Collections
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Letter from Birmingham Jail
Politics
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King, Jr.·Books & Collections
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The Way to Rainy Mountain
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The Way to Rainy Mountain
N. Scott Momaday·Books & Collections
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The Apotheosis of Martin Luther King
Race
The Apotheosis of Martin Luther King
Elizabeth Hardwick·New York Review of Books
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Illumination Rounds
History
Illumination Rounds
Michael Herr·Esquire
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Race
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou·Books & Collections
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The Search for Marvin Gardens
Culture
The Search for Marvin Gardens
John McPhee·The New Yorker
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No Name Woman
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No Name Woman
Maxine Hong Kingston·Books & Collections
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The White Album
Culture
The White Album
Joan Didion·Books & Collections
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Okinawa: The Bloodiest Battle of All
History
Okinawa: The Bloodiest Battle of All
William Manchester·NYT Magazine
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The Creation Myths of Cooperstown
Culture
The Creation Myths of Cooperstown
Stephen Jay Gould·Books & Collections
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