Stories by benbreen

Why the Bronze Age collapsed

Who wrote Elizabeth I's most scathing letters?

Using LLMs to trace alchemical knowledge and decode 17th century letters

Mirror-Image Life

Ancient DNA reveals the surprising Arctic life of extinct North American cat

Metamorphosis: Transformations in the Early Modern Flap Book (19th Century)

Moby-Dick and the Indefinite Sublime: On facing the white page

Arrested for a Late Manuscript: Seicho Matsumoto's 'Tokyo Express'

Arrested for a Late Manuscript: Seicho Matsumoto's 'Tokyo Express'

Arrested for a Late Manuscript: Seicho Matsumoto's 'Tokyo Express'

Ghosts of the Past and Devils of the Present

Gakutensoku

The Indo-European Family Tree

D. Graham Burnett discusses the politics of attention in our algorithmic age

The Essential Question: "What should I read next?"

The “mechanical miracle” that ruined Mark Twain’s life

The Indo-European Family Tree

What nonfiction books talk about, 1960-2025

Willoughbyland: England's Forgotten South American Colony

Why etymologies matter: How tracing words can illuminate history (2024)

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