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The Politics of Empathy: On the Life and Music of Johnny Cash

The Politics of Empathy: On the Life and Music of Johnny Cash

Michael Stewart Foley Looks at the Man in Black’s Engagement with Social and Cultural Issues

By Michael Stewart Foley | December 21, 2021

Phil Klay on Evelyn Waugh’s Catholic, Conservative, and Curmudgeonly Ways

Phil Klay on Evelyn Waugh’s Catholic, Conservative, and Curmudgeonly Ways

From the History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | December 20, 2021

“Garbo Talks!” On the 1930 Sound Film That Gave Greta a Voice

“Garbo Talks!” On the 1930 Sound Film That Gave Greta a Voice

Robert Gottlieb Describes the World’s Reaction to That “Husky, Throaty Contralto”

By Robert Gottlieb | December 15, 2021

To Write a Revolution on the Sky: On the Radical Legacy of Curtis Mayfield

To Write a Revolution on the Sky: On the Radical Legacy of Curtis Mayfield

Ayana Contreras Considers How the Soul Legend’s Sound Is Still Relevant Today

By Ayana Contreras | December 15, 2021

Excavating the Insights of a Once Beloved Greek Novelist

Excavating the Insights of a Once Beloved Greek Novelist

Johanna Hanink on Andreas Karkavitsas and His Novel, The Archaelogist

By Johanna Hanink | December 15, 2021

The Urgency of Rachel Carson’s Sea Trilogy in a Time of Climate Crisis

The Urgency of Rachel Carson’s Sea Trilogy in a Time of Climate Crisis

Sandra Steingraber on Carson’s Legacy and What We Are Losing

By Sandra Steingraber | December 14, 2021

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Afrodisiac: A Textual Meditation on Greg Tate

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From Joni to Dylan: On the Bards of 1960s Pop

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Trying to Write About “The Two John Miltons”

By Joe Moshenska | December 8, 2021

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The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of 2021

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By Book Marks | December 7, 2021

What Propelled Vivian Maier’s Earliest New York Photographs?

What Propelled Vivian Maier’s Earliest New York Photographs?

Ann Marks on the Birth of an Artist

By Ann Marks | December 7, 2021

“He Wound Up Feeling Like a Close Friend.” On Drawing the Life of Leonard Cohen

“He Wound Up Feeling Like a Close Friend.” On Drawing the Life of Leonard Cohen

Joe Ollmann Talks to Graphic Novelist Philippe Girard

By Literary Hub | December 6, 2021

On the Trauma and Creativity Behind Kurt Vonnegut’s Classic <em>Slaughterhouse Five</em>

On the Trauma and Creativity Behind Kurt Vonnegut’s Classic Slaughterhouse Five

From the History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | December 6, 2021

EJ Levy on the Complicated Life of James Miranda Barry

EJ Levy on the Complicated Life of James Miranda Barry

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | November 30, 2021

Francine Prose on Her Encounters with the Literary Strange

Francine Prose on Her Encounters with the Literary Strange

Francine Prose Reads Bolaño, Erpenbeck, Tutuola, and More

By Francine Prose | November 29, 2021

The Last Essay I Need to Write about David Foster Wallace

The Last Essay I Need to Write about David Foster Wallace

Mary K. Holland on Closing the “Open Question” of Wallace’s Misogyny

By Mary K. Holland | November 29, 2021

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