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"Tis now common to suspect Impossibilities whenever two Ladies live too much together - that horrible Vice ... call'd Sapphism."

Is human nature today the same as it was 50, or 500, or 5,000 or 50,000 years ago?

Imagine you are a seven-year-old who's known years of escalating conflict, suddenly transported to an entirely foreign land.

"When the alarm has sounded DON'T .... Be surprised at anything that may happen."

'Parasitism is too mild a term for a relationship predicated on the periodic killing of large numbers of human beings.'

As Hobson points out, the history of exploitative, demeaning use of black bodies, particularly female bodies, is continuous.

Ayres presents his feelings of terror and pain during nine days "embedded" with the marines during the invasion of Iraq.

Recently I was listening to Sarah Vowell’s brilliant new non-fiction book, Assassination Vacation, while driving. She said so many things that are funny and insightful, but I particularly perked up when I heard her say this: “I can never decide if Maryland is off-beat or off-putting.” She went on to …

Five historic texts that I wish had survived ...

The Quill Literary Foundation has created the first literary awards whose results will be decided by the book buying public.