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Learning from the Work Muriel Rukeyser Left Unfinished

Learning from the Work Muriel Rukeyser Left Unfinished

Rowena Kennedy-Epstein on Suppressed Literary Histories

By Rowena Kennedy-Epstein | April 14, 2022

On the Creative Partnership of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes

On the Creative Partnership of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes

Heather Clarks Guests on The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | April 11, 2022

When Joan Rivers (Finally) Got Her Big Break

When Joan Rivers (Finally) Got Her Big Break

“Thirty-one years of people saying ‘no.’ Ten minutes on television and it was all over.”

By Shawn Levy | April 8, 2022

Writer on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown: The Time Philip Roth Lied to Me

Writer on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown: The Time Philip Roth Lied to Me

Barbara Shulgasser-Parker Illuminates the Perverse Side to the Famed Writer

By Barbara Shulgasser-Parker | April 7, 2022

It’s Time to Reframe the Legacy of 70s Screenwriter Carole Eastman

It’s Time to Reframe the Legacy of 70s Screenwriter Carole Eastman

Chris Stanton on the Easy-to-Mythologize Reclusive Perfectionist

By Chris Stanton | April 7, 2022

The Fugitive Who Conned His Way Into the Footsteps of Alexander the Great—and the Quest for His Lost Cities

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Edmund Richardson on One Man’s Search for a Lost City

By Edmund Richardson | April 5, 2022

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How Langston Hughes Has Influenced Generations of South African Writers

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On the “Secret” Wedding of Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier

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The Tumultuous Marriage of the American “Empress of Journalism” and Oscar Wilde’s Feckless Brother

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How To Live, Eat, and Drink Like Your Favorite Writers

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The Logistical Challenges of a Supersize Acid Test: On the Merry Pranksters’ Trips Festival

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John Markoff Details the Publicity Campaign for a Happening

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When Mark Twain Tried to Start a Publishing Company (and Epically Failed)

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From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

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Lili Anolik on the Complicated Relationship Between Eve Babitz and Joan Didion

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In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

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