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Table of contents
Introduction 0 Why Write for the Public? 1 What to Expect, from Pitch to Publication 2 How to Write a Pitch 3 How To Tell a Great Story, Part 1: Structure 4 How To Tell a Great Story, Part 2: Style 5 Navigating Ethics and Reducing Harms 6 Habits of Thriving Public Anthropologists 7 Cultivating the Craft of Writing 8
Table of contents
Introduction 0 Why Write for the Public? 1 What to Expect, from Pitch to Publication 2 How to Write a Pitch 3 How To Tell a Great Story, Part 1: Structure 4 How To Tell a Great Story, Part 2: Style 5 Navigating Ethics and Reducing Harms 6 Habits of Thriving Public Anthropologists 7 Cultivating the Craft of Writing 8
Announcement

After ten years of exploring humanity in all its diversity, SAPIENS has concluded its publishing chapter.

While the magazine has closed, its living archive endures—open to all and preserving the many ideas, voices, and discoveries that deepen our understanding of what it means to be human.

Let’s Keep Arguing About Flags and Statues

Whether historical plaques, flags, and building names stay or go is of less consequence than the debate they provoke.

Europe’s Destructive Spirals of Distrust

An ideological deadlock between nativism and Islamism, resulting in an escalating spiral of destructive distrust, is threatening the cohesion of European societies.

The Nachtwinkels of Antwerp

In Belgium, neighborhood convenience stores run by immigrants and ethnic minorities are facing prejudice and fines. But these shops are a vital part of a city in flux.

How Real Are You on Facebook?

Carefully consider who you connect with on social media. Best friends and acquaintances alike contribute to your identity.

Lifting the Emotional Embargo With Cuba

An unorthodox blend of anthropology and poetry is cultivating reunion and reconciliation among people and cultures that have been estranged for decades.

Racial Realities

How can biological race not be real, but continue to have real consequences, every day, for all of us? Race is an idea invented by people. 

Talking Hands

Five women elders from remote Western Australia share the joys and meanings of Aboriginal sign language.

Why We Must Talk About Race

An anthropologist from urban Los Angeles looks at how science, history, religion, power, and politics colluded to create the illusion of race. 

Past Imperfect

Genetics can offer scientific answers to questions about biological relationships, but archaeology provides deep insight into people’s cultural lives.

To Tell or Not to Tell

The lives of two South African sisters infected with HIV reveal the difficulties international aid organizations have grasping subtle cultural differences.