By disguising her name, Alcott could publish in less prestigious venues without worrying about tarnishing her literary reputation.
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Innovations in AI seem to be spurring interest in what is or isn’t real, accurate and human.
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Since 2019, fans of the TV series ‘Supernatural’ have flocked to Austin, where their encounters with 1967 Impalas customized…
The use of music in theater goes back to ancient Greece, and its popularity has grown to the modern-day productions of ‘Hamilton.’
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A journalism professor discovers that some of the best lessons for future journalists can be taught on a pool table.
As Rupert Murdoch prepares to hand over the keys to his media empire, what will his legacy be?
Led by a Black businessman named Bob Douglas, the New York Rens, who played their first game on Nov. 3, 1923, became one…
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The famous composer certainly didn’t have haunted houses in mind when he wrote the piece.
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This course beckons students to examine how alcoholic beverages are portrayed in books by American authors.
An obscure Mexican engraver named José Guadalupe Posada created the satirical skull in the early 1900s and sold it for…