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Kati Marton on the Transformative Power of Angela Merkel

Kati Marton on the Transformative Power of Angela Merkel

This Week from Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady

By Just the Right Book | November 18, 2021

Kevin Birmingham on How Dostoevsky Came to Write <em>Crime and Punishment</em>

Kevin Birmingham on How Dostoevsky Came to Write Crime and Punishment

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | November 18, 2021

How Picasso Built the Foundation for the Surrealist Movement

How Picasso Built the Foundation for the Surrealist Movement

John Richardson on the Famed Painter's Friendships with Surrealist Writers and Artists

By John Richardson | November 17, 2021

How Elizabeth Hardwick Spent Her “Starving Artist” Years in the Big City

How Elizabeth Hardwick Spent Her “Starving Artist” Years in the Big City

Cathy Curtis on the Author of Sleepless Nights Leaving School

By Cathy Curtis | November 16, 2021

Dostoevsky totally did NaNoWriMo.

Dostoevsky totally did NaNoWriMo.

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The True Story of Pearl Hart, Straight-Shooting, Poetry-Writing Woman Bandit

The True Story of Pearl Hart, Straight-Shooting, Poetry-Writing Woman Bandit

John Boessenecker on the Most Infamous Woman in America, Circa 1899

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The Legendary Meeting of Robert Plant and Jimmy Page

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On the Humble Childhood Beginnings of H.G. Wells

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On Unjustly Forgotten American Abstract Artist Alice Trumbull Mason

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Meghan Forbes: What the Letters Reveal About the Artist

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“Was It I Who Came Back Home?” On the Return of Catherine Dior and Other Survivors of Ravensbrück

“Was It I Who Came Back Home?” On the Return of Catherine Dior and Other Survivors of Ravensbrück

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Marriage Story: On the Volatile Relationship Between Martha Gellhorn and Ernest Hemingway

Marriage Story: On the Volatile Relationship Between Martha Gellhorn and Ernest Hemingway

Judith Mackrell Considers the Pair's "Crazy Honeymoon" and Gellhorn On-Assignment in China

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The Literary Adventures of Polly Adler, the Algonquin Round Table’s Favorite Madam

The Literary Adventures of Polly Adler, the Algonquin Round Table’s Favorite Madam

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How Vincent van Gogh’s Favorite Works of French Literature Influenced His Art and Identity

How Vincent van Gogh’s Favorite Works of French Literature Influenced His Art and Identity

Steven Naifeh on the Painter's Lifelong Relationship to Books

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All About Basket: A Letter from Gertrude Stein About Her Beloved Dog

All About Basket: A Letter from Gertrude Stein About Her Beloved Dog

“In short he is a happy fool, and a great comfort, and some day you will meet.”

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The Best New Nonfiction to Read This November

The Best New Nonfiction to Read This November

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