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BY OLIVIA B. WAXMAN
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Did you know that Thomas Müntzer, leader of the German Peasants’ War in 1525, used a rainbow flag to rally his followers? It’s an aptly exuberant image for the radical charisma of Müntzer, and for the
Throughout his career, our columnist has relied on the music of poetry to provide grace, wisdom and even a distraction from the sounds of war
ON A FRIDAY MORNING IN OCTOBER, ABOUT 100 high school and college students gathered in a Utah ballroom to play a game. Some students were assigned specific roles and given costumes to wear. “Governmen
Kerry James Marshall, ‘poised between narrative and allegory’
TO Jon’s surprise, Mr Pringle agreed to speak to him in the snug. Once they were seated there, Jon spoke quietly. “I’m a stranger here, and I want to keep an open mind. “So it would help if you could
JESSICA PLUMMER on playing a teacher pushed to her limits