Writers
From D.W. Griffith to the Grapes of Wrath, How Hollywood Portrayed the Poor
In the era before the Great Depression and ever since, the film industry has taken a variety of views on the lower classes
Spinning off a Comic With a Reference Book
In a new web comic series from "This is Indexed" artist Jessica Hagy discovers new ways of looking at famous quotes
Italy, Via Murder Mystery
Forget the guidebooks. Whodunits offer a private eye on Italian art, food and culture
Comings and Goings
To every thing there is a season
Ronald Greeley: A Gentleman and a Scholar
Some scientists are both great researchers and fine human beings. Ron Greeley was one of them
The Top 10 Books Lost to Time
Great written works from authors such as Shakespeare and Jane Austen that you'll never have a chance to read
How Charles Dickens Saw London
Sketches by Boz, the volume of newspaper columns that became Dickens’ first book, invokes a colorful view of 19th-century England
The Timeless Wisdom of Kenko
A 14th-century Japanese essayist's advice for troubled times runs the gamut from quirky to prescient
Where Agatha Christie Dreamed Up Murder
The birthplace of Poirot and Marple welcomes visitors looking for clues to the best-selling novelist of all time
Agatha Christie on the Big and Small Screen
Even though Dame Agatha may not have enjoyed adaptations of her mysteries, audiences have been loving them for decades
From the Editor: Curveballs at the Un-Magazine
From the first issue 40 years ago, Smithsonian has blazed its own path through the media landscape
Reading in a Whole New Way
As digital screens proliferate and people move from print to pixel, how will the act of reading change?
Carl Hiaasen on Human Weirdness
The satirist talks about the "curve of human weirdness" and the need for public outrage in the political arena
To Be...Or Not: The Greatest Shakespeare Forgery
William-Henry Ireland committed a scheme so grand that he fooled even himself into believing he was William Shakespeare's true literary heir
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