Kathryn Ostrofsky

Bunk's editors share their favorite history writing from the year just concluded.

We reviewed thousands of articles, essays, and blog posts last year. Here are some of our favorites.

Christopher Nolan's blockbuster has generated a torrent of historical commentary about the birth of nuclear weapons. Is there something missing from the conversation?

Sesame Street's most famous origin story centers on a 1966 dinner party. But the program was actually the culmination of a career that began much earlier.

What the surprising career of Bob McGrath teaches us about popular music.

An annotated collection of resources from the Bunk archive that help explain the shifting sands of American politics.

Two centuries of New England intellectual history through the lives and ideas of people who are memorialized there.

On "Sesame Street," Delgado was able to build a character who challenged stereotypes. Luis was a business owner, a neighbor, and later a husband and father.