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The Unlikely, Gritty Origins of John Shaft
Shaft has drifted through pop culture for so long — and through so many different incarnations — that it’s hard to pin down just who the character is
How This Author Forgave His Abusive Father to Become a Better Man
David Crow talks his harrowing childhood on the Navajo Indian Reservation — and why he stopped running from it
The Problematic Past and Enduring Appeal of Dr. Seuss
Brian Jay Jones on his biography of the man who shaped your childhood imagination
What This Journalist Learned About Female Desire by Following Ordinary Women for Almost a Decade
Lisa Taddeo on her debut, ‘Three Women,’ a radical work of reportage that’s sure to get people talking