Bennett Parten is a PhD candidate in History at Yale University. His writing has appeared in We’re History, The History New Network, and The Washington Post.

Bennett Parten

The Paranoid Style: Rereading Richard Hofstadter in the Aftermath of January 6

"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." — Molly Ivins

Politics

Gore Vidal: His Life and “Lincoln”

"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain

Fiction

Bennett Parten is a PhD candidate in History at Yale University. His writing has appeared in We’re History, The History New Network, and The Washington Post.