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On the Genius of Frances Burney, Jane Austen’s Most Important Literary Predecessor

On the Genius of Frances Burney, Jane Austen’s Most Important Literary Predecessor

Natasha Joukovsky Considers Ahead-of-Their-Time Novels Cecilia and Evelina

By A. Natasha Joukovsky | March 16, 2026

Beyond “Women’s Fiction...” On the Quiet Brilliance of Barbara Pym

Beyond “Women’s Fiction...” On the Quiet Brilliance of Barbara Pym

Kerry Clare In Praise of Writing Stories Attuned to the Details of Everyday Life

By Kerry Clare | March 16, 2026

Benjamin Franklin Was One of Many Early Americans Who Spread Genocidal Propaganda About Indigenous Nations

Benjamin Franklin Was One of Many Early Americans Who Spread Genocidal Propaganda About Indigenous Nations

Paul C. Rosier on Racial Conflict in the Early Republic

By Paul C. Rosier | March 13, 2026

What I Learned From Making a Documentary About My Grandmother Beryl Bainbridge

What I Learned From Making a Documentary About My Grandmother Beryl Bainbridge

Filmmaker Charlie Russell on Keeping His Grandmother’s Story Alive for a New Generation

By Charlie Russell | March 13, 2026

The Book of Michael Silverblatt

The Book of Michael Silverblatt

Logan Scherer Remembers “the Best Reader in America”

By Logan Scherer | March 11, 2026

Why Jane Austen Adaptations Just Keep Coming—And We Keep Watching

Why Jane Austen Adaptations Just Keep Coming—And We Keep Watching

Lauren W. Westerfield on Privilege and Money in Austen’s Works

By Lauren W. Westerfield | March 9, 2026

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A Woman in the World: Colm Tóibín on the Short Fiction of Mary Lavin

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Jesse Jackson Loved Us—Sometimes Before We Loved Ourselves

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David J. Silverman on Race and Religion in the Colonization of Native Americans

By David J. Silverman | February 25, 2026

Among the Fascists and the Nazis: How Two Women Journalists Survived the Chaos of 1930s Europe

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Julia Cooke on Martha Gellhorn and Virginia Cowles

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James Baldwin‘s Lessons For Black Gay Rights Activists

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C. Riley Snorton and Darius Bost on How History Bestowed an Identity on Baldwin that He Never Claimed Himself

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