How Do You Write a Biography Filled With Unreliable Witnesses?

How Do You Write a Biography Filled With Unreliable Witnesses?

Emily Midorikawa on the Challenges of Reconstructing Lived Histories

By Emily Midorikawa | May 12, 2021

Should Norman Mailer Have Any Legacy Beyond Being the Guy Who Stabbed His Wife?

Should Norman Mailer Have Any Legacy Beyond Being the Guy Who Stabbed His Wife?

Miranda Popkey Guests on the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | May 11, 2021

About all those unproduced screenplays William Faulkner wrote . . .

About all those unproduced screenplays William Faulkner wrote . . .

By Walker Caplan | May 10, 2021

"If I could only see it!" Read a newly unearthed letter from Tennessee Williams to Eugene O’Neill.

By Walker Caplan | May 7, 2021

Marching the Streets of San Francisco With Novelist and Activist, Kay Boyle

Marching the Streets of San Francisco With Novelist and Activist, Kay Boyle

Marianne Goldsmith on the Hero Whose Name We Should All Know

By Marianne Goldsmith | May 7, 2021

How Malcolm X Inspired John Coltrane to Embrace Islamic Spirituality

How Malcolm X Inspired John Coltrane to Embrace Islamic Spirituality

Richard Brent Turner on A Love Supreme, Artistic Transformation, and the Black Arts Movement

By Richard Brent Turner | May 4, 2021

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How to make writing easier, according to one of comedy's greatest minds. (Hint: it involves elves.)

By Walker Caplan | May 3, 2021

Thoughts on Sports, Real Estate, and Drinking: Robert Frost Writes to His Son

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"Write as if you were dying." Read Annie Dillard’s greatest writing advice.

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Excavating the Life of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Author of an American Classic

Excavating the Life of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Author of an American Classic

The Writer of The Yearling Gets a Long-Deserved Biography

By Ann McCutchan | April 30, 2021

On the Friendship and Rivalry of Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton

On the Friendship and Rivalry of Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton

Gail Crowther Considers How Two Literary Icons Challenged and Inspired Each Other

By Gail Crowther | April 28, 2021

How a Bold Young American Changed the Way Scholars Think About Homer

How a Bold Young American Changed the Way Scholars Think About Homer

Robert Kanigel on the Unlikely Legacy of Milman Parry

By Robert Kanigel | April 28, 2021

Why Nabokov’s poem about Superman’s sex life was rejected by <em>The New Yorker</em>.

Why Nabokov’s poem about Superman’s sex life was rejected by The New Yorker.

By Walker Caplan | April 27, 2021

Life Beyond Act One: Why We Need More Stories About Older Women

Life Beyond Act One: Why We Need More Stories About Older Women

Mary Sharratt on Moving Beyond Coming of Age

By Mary Sharratt | April 27, 2021

What the fresh hell? Magnum is releasing a Dante-themed ice cream bar.

What the fresh hell? Magnum is releasing a Dante-themed ice cream bar.

By Walker Caplan | April 26, 2021

The Dark Side of an Auteur: On Alfred Hitchcock’s Treatment of Women

The Dark Side of an Auteur: On Alfred Hitchcock’s Treatment of Women

Edward White Looks at the Assault Allegations of Tippi Hedren and Others

By Edward White | April 26, 2021

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