A fascinating look at so-called obscenity, then and now.
medieval history
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Margery Kempe: Patron Saint of Writing Moms
“Having children has simultaneously fried my brain and made it sharper and more focused.”
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Reading Lessons
You never stop learning how to read — probably because you also never stop forgetting how to read.
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Reading Lessons
You never stop learning how to read — probably because you also never stop forgetting how to read.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, History, Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Story
The Possessed: Dispatches from the Third Trimester
On pregnancy, demons, and Stranger Things.
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The Possessed: Dispatches from the Third Trimester
On pregnancy, demons, and Stranger Things.
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Queens of Infamy: Joanna of Naples
If you thought four (mostly) crappy husbands, vengeful Hungarian cousins, and the Black Death could cramp this queen’s style, think again.
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Queens of Infamy: Eleanor of Aquitaine
Life gets busy when you have empires to build and marriages to annul.