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Ruth Franklin

Ruth Franklin
Ruth Franklin's essays and criticism appear in The New Yorker, Harper's, and The New York Review of Books. Her books include Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life and The Many Lives of Anne Frank (just published by Yale University Press). For more information, visit ruthfranklin.net.


How Shirley Jackson Exposed the Darker, Uncanny Side of Everyday Life

Ruth Franklin on the Moody, Beguiling Stories of an American Icon of Speculative Fiction
March 13, 2025  By Ruth Franklin
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How an Obscure German Noblewoman Influenced the Way Anne Frank Wrote Her Diary

Biographer Ruth Franklin on the Value of a Careful Eye and Fresh Perspective
January 29, 2025  By Ruth Franklin
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Shirley Jackson Wasn’t Actually a Witch

Or Was She?
September 28, 2016  By Ruth Franklin
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