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Such a delight finally to meet the marvelous Kate Tuttle, moderator extraordinaire

Did you know that some of the lore around Friday the 13th comes from the Salem Witch Trials? Here are a few facts from our resident expert, Stacy Schiff, author of THE WITCHES.

Hugely look forward to this return Revolutionary Spaces

Warm congratulations to The New York Review of Books on their 60th issue! Wonderful to see so many past The Cullman Center Fellows included here: Pankaj Mishra, Lucy Sante, Namwali, Stacy Schiff, Hermione Lee, and a translation by Esther Allen. nybooks.com/our-60th-anniv…

The unmistakeable Stacy Schiff, a beacon of the best in American prose style: & speaking in the ideal #Boston venue.

A little late but still at least half-relevant:

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Happy 100th birthday to Victor Brombert, treasured teacher, discerning critic, and professor emeritus at Princeton University. His latest book, THE PENSIVE CITADEL, essays on literature and literary study, is just out from UChicagoPress

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Congress is again debating the entanglement of a young republic “with a wealthy benefactor,” writes Stacy Schiff. “It pays to remember that the United States itself was,” she says, “once the infant republic in dire need of munitions.” Read: nyti.ms/4aoOk1U

Congratulations to the 2024 Guggenheim Fellows! Here is a message from President Edward Hirsch (1985 Fellow) #guggfellows2024: youtube.com/shorts/C7kus1b…

As #Congress nears climactic vote on aid to #Ukraine, a compelling case in favor is this exceptionally well-written ⁦New York Times Op Ed⁩ by ⁦Stacy Schiff⁩. Vivid + relevant historical parallels to #France’s help for an #America in dire need. nytimes.com/2024/04/07/opi…

Madeira in the first 30 seconds?! Bury me under these historically accurate Easter eggs in #Franklin Stacy Schiff!

He outmaneuvered British spies, French informers & hostile colleagues. No this isn't a James Bond storyline; it's Stacy Schiff's account of how Benjamin Franklin secured the Treaty of Paris. Read the book before streaming Apple TV's new #Franklin series. apple.co/AGI

Happy 50th anniversary #NHD550. Honored to join the 2024 committee National History Day

Illuminating & entertaining Stacy Schiff essay on the divided & confused Constitutional framers fears in 1787 of citizens being such dopes and (in their words) “dupes of pretend patriots” and “rogues,” that the U.S. would “end in a monarchy.” Gift link: nytimes.com/2024/08/01/opi…

Many historians of America's founding era try to make the events of the 1770s and 1780s speak to our contemporary crises - but nobody does it better than the great Stacy Schiff. And as always Ms Schiff's prose style is exquisite. nytimes.com/2024/08/01/opi…

“But how to design a national executive for a people who had jettisoned a king? The Articles of Confederation provided for no such individual,” says Stacy Schiff about the bewilderment of America’s founding fathers over the question of a presidency. Read: nyti.ms/4g42Cag

‘Even George Washington would be hard-pressed to write an appeal to modern Canada — the land of universal health care… gun control and superior life expectancy — that could persuade it to unite with its southern neighbor.’ ⁦By ⁦Stacy Schiff⁩ nytimes.com/2025/03/30/opi…