A Bookstore Boom in a Time of Literacy Decline

A Bookstore Boom in a Time of Literacy Decline

Ellen O’Connell Whittet Explores the Apparent Contradiction

By Ellen O'Connell Whittet | June 12, 2026

If You Want to Understand the Enduring Appeal of <em>Wuthering Heights</em>, Read This Book

If You Want to Understand the Enduring Appeal of Wuthering Heights, Read This Book

Ellen O’Connell Whittet on Karen Powell’s Fifteen Wild Decembers

By Ellen O'Connell Whittet | March 20, 2026

On Marina Abramović and the Radical Notion of the Third Act

On Marina Abramović and the Radical Notion of the Third Act

Ellen O’Connell Whittet Considers the Long Life of Art

By Ellen O'Connell Whittet | June 25, 2025

When Threats of Violence Come to University Libraries

When Threats of Violence Come to University Libraries

Ellen O’Connell Whittet Considers the Impact of Bomb Threats and the Rhetoric of School Shooters

By Ellen O'Connell Whittet | September 11, 2024

Invisible Women: On the Victorian Custom of Cutting Mothers Out of Portraits

Invisible Women: On the Victorian Custom of Cutting Mothers Out of Portraits

Ellen O’Connell Whittet Considers the Photographic Evidence of Maternal Erasure

By Ellen O'Connell Whittet | May 10, 2024

How Shirley Hughes Captured the Everyday Magic of Childhood

How Shirley Hughes Captured the Everyday Magic of Childhood

Ellen O'Connell Whittet on the Beloved Children's Author

By Ellen O'Connell Whittet | April 6, 2022

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