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A fragment of the Iliad on papyrus from Houghton Library

A scroll that can be opened vertically. The characters of a seemingly foreign language are written on it.

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Public interest piece in The New Yorker

Anne Sexton in her 40s

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This is the front page of The New York Times the day after President Obama was elected in 2008.