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Dan Kois

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Fifty Years Ago, He Was America’s Most Famous Writer. Why Haven’t You Ever Heard of Him?

He sold 60 million books and 100 million records. Then he disappeared.

by Dan Kois via Slate on October 10, 2022
How One Librarian Tried to Squash Goodnight Moon

This footnote in New York Public Library history hints at a rich story of power, taste, and the crumbling of traditional gatekeepers.

by Dan Kois via Slate on January 13, 2020
‘Eight Loving Arms and All Those Suckers.’

How Angels in America put Roy Cohn into the definitive story of AIDS.

by Dan Kois, Isaac Butler via Vulture on February 7, 2018
'Free To Be You and Me' 40th Anniversary: How Did a Kids Album By a Bunch of Feminists Change Everything?

Forty years ago this fall, a bunch of feminists released an album. They wanted to change … everything.

by Dan Kois via Slate on October 22, 2012

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