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Black Finnegan: On William Melvin Kelley, James Joyce, and the Avant-Garde of the Subaltern

Black Finnegan: On William Melvin Kelley, James Joyce, and the Avant-Garde of the Subaltern

Benjamin Hale Remembers His Literary Mentor

By Benjamin Hale | June 23, 2025

“Fidelity to Both Pleasure and Humiliation.” On M.F.K. Fisher’s Feminist Realism

“Fidelity to Both Pleasure and Humiliation.” On M.F.K. Fisher’s Feminist Realism

Klara Feenstra Considers the Legacy of “The Gastronomical Me”

By Klara Feenstra | June 23, 2025

Warts and All: In Praise of the Unauthorized Biography

Warts and All: In Praise of the Unauthorized Biography

Brendan O’Meara Offers Some Advice to Writers and Journalists Seeking to Go Beyond the Sanitized

By Brendan O’Meara | June 23, 2025

How Four Literary Icons Chose the Pen Names That Made Them Famous

How Four Literary Icons Chose the Pen Names That Made Them Famous

Kirsty McHugh and Ian Scott Explore the Reasoning Behind Some Very Well Known Pseudonyms

By Kirsty McHugh and Ian Scott | June 20, 2025

How Edna Lewis Exemplified the Ethos of Queerness Throughout Her Life

How Edna Lewis Exemplified the Ethos of Queerness Throughout Her Life

John Birdsall on the Unconventional, Trailblazing Existence of an Icon of Southern Cooking

By John Birdsall | June 20, 2025

Life After ABBA: One Day in London With Agnetha Fältskog

Life After ABBA: One Day in London With Agnetha Fältskog

Jan Gradvall Sits Down With the Lead Singer of the Iconic Swedish Pop Group

By Jan Gradvall | June 17, 2025

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On Marianne Moore, Unexpected Celebrity Poet of Midcentury America

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Writer Edmund White has died at 85.

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