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How Horseback Riding Helped Barbara Stanwyck Rise Above Hollywood Misogyny

How Horseback Riding Helped Barbara Stanwyck Rise Above Hollywood Misogyny

“Her career as a rider is studded with falls, which she came to incorporate into her star persona as a wannabe stunt performer.”

By Catherine Russell | May 4, 2023

Shannon McKenna Schmidt on Eleanor Roosevelt’s Remarkable Heroism During WWII

Shannon McKenna Schmidt on Eleanor Roosevelt’s Remarkable Heroism During WWII

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | May 3, 2023

David Grann: Diving Into History, the Trials of a Sea Voyage, and Sailing the Gulf of Pain

David Grann: Diving Into History, the Trials of a Sea Voyage, and Sailing the Gulf of Pain

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life

By The Literary Life | April 28, 2023

In <em>Judy Blume Forever,</em> Blume’s Refreshing Candor Applies to Herself

In Judy Blume Forever, Blume’s Refreshing Candor Applies to Herself

A New Documentary Highlights Blume's Unique Connection to Generations of Readers

By Kavita Das | April 17, 2023

What Hemingway Means in the 21st Century

What Hemingway Means in the 21st Century

David Barnes on the Masculinity and Baggage of Ernest Hemingway at 100 Years

By David Barnes | April 17, 2023

How Spiritualism Influenced a Divisive But Brilliant Australian Novelist

How Spiritualism Influenced a Divisive But Brilliant Australian Novelist

Cameron Hurst on Contacting the Spirit of Henry Handel Richardson

By Cameron Hurst | April 17, 2023

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Pattie Boyd Talks Art, Fashion, and Beatlemania

By The Literary Life | April 14, 2023

A Feminist Before Feminism: A Reading List in Honor of Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Boston

By Emily Franklin | April 13, 2023

Cocktails in Honor of Two Literary Greats: Virginia Woolf and Zora Neale Hurston

By Jennifer Croll | April 13, 2023

How a Young Sam Shepard Vowed to Never Become His Father

How a Young Sam Shepard Vowed to Never Become His Father

“My history with booze goes back to high school. Back then there was a lot of Benzedrine around...”

By Robert Greenfield | April 11, 2023

When the IRA Arrived in Brighton to Blow Up Margaret Thatcher, Her Cabinet, and the Grand Hotel

When the IRA Arrived in Brighton to Blow Up Margaret Thatcher, Her Cabinet, and the Grand Hotel

Patrick Magee Was Behind Enemy Lines. His Job Was to Assemble and Plant the Device.

By Rory Carroll | April 7, 2023

How Yayoi Kusama Transformed Her Terrors Into Art

How Yayoi Kusama Transformed Her Terrors Into Art

Will Gompertz on the Complex Life and Work of an Iconic Japanese Artist

By Will Gompertz | April 5, 2023

Ralph White on His Wartime Efforts to Rescue Vietnamese Civilians

Ralph White on His Wartime Efforts to Rescue Vietnamese Civilians

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | April 5, 2023

Sally Bedell Smith on the 20th-Century Royal Marriage That Saved the British Monarchy

Sally Bedell Smith on the 20th-Century Royal Marriage That Saved the British Monarchy

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | April 4, 2023

On <em>Songs for Drella</em> and the Paradox of Andy Warhol’s Art

On Songs for Drella and the Paradox of Andy Warhol’s Art

From the Lit Century Podcast with Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | April 4, 2023

On W.E.B. Du Bois and the Disgraceful Treatment of Gold Star Mothers

On W.E.B. Du Bois and the Disgraceful Treatment of Gold Star Mothers

Chad L. Williams Considers the Symbolic Battles of World War I

By Chad L. Williams | April 4, 2023

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