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Jill Lepore

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Jill Lepore is an American historian at Harvard University and a staff writer for The New Yorker. Her research and essays connect political history with culture, media, technology, and the experiences of people often left outside traditional national narratives. These Truths: A History of the United States, published by Norton in 2018, is a single-volume history of the United States written for readers seeking a broad account from the colonial period to the present.

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What is Jill Lepore's book These Truths about?

These Truths: A History of the United States is a one-volume history of the United States from 1492 to the present. Published in 2018, it connects political events with questions about slavery, citizenship, media, technology, and national identity.

Where does Jill Lepore teach?

Jill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper Professor of American History and a professor of law at Harvard University. She also teaches and writes about historical evidence, political history, and constitutional culture.

What is Jill Lepore's connection to The New Yorker?

Lepore has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 2005. Her essays there cover American history, law, literature, politics, and technology.

What is We the People by Jill Lepore?

We the People: A History of the United States is Lepore's history of the US Constitution, published in 2025. It extends her interest in how law, political power, and historical memory shape American life.

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