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On the Humble Childhood Beginnings of H.G. Wells

On the Humble Childhood Beginnings of H.G. Wells

Claire Tomalin Recounts the Early Years of a Sci-Fi Pioneer

By Claire Tomalin | November 8, 2021

On Unjustly Forgotten American Abstract Artist Alice Trumbull Mason

On Unjustly Forgotten American Abstract Artist Alice Trumbull Mason

Meghan Forbes: What the Letters Reveal About the Artist

By Meghan Forbes | November 4, 2021

“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

Justine Picardie on a Homecoming Freighted with Suffering

By Justine Picardie | November 4, 2021

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

By Judith Mackrell | November 3, 2021

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

Debby Applegate on the Exploits of the New Yorker Crowd in Prohibition-Era New York

By Debby Applegate | November 2, 2021

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

By Steven Naifeh | November 2, 2021

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

By Shaun Usher | November 2, 2021

The Best New Nonfiction to Read This November

By Literary Hub | November 1, 2021

Paul Auster on One of the Most Astonishing War Stories in American Literature

By Paul Auster | November 1, 2021

Breaking Through the Self-Mythologizing of the Male Artist as a Woman Biographer

Breaking Through the Self-Mythologizing of the Male Artist as a Woman Biographer

Gabrielle Selz on Sam Francis and the Boy’s Club of the Art World

By Gabrielle Selz | October 28, 2021

“We Were Alive and Life Was Us.” How Ken Kesey Created LSD Subculture

“We Were Alive and Life Was Us.” How Ken Kesey Created LSD Subculture

Kevin Boyle on the Wild Life and Times of a Great American Iconoclast

By Kevin Boyle | October 27, 2021

Here Are the Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of October

Here Are the Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of October

Featuring W.G. Sebald, Billy Porter, Oscar Wilde, and More

By Book Marks | October 27, 2021

Terry Tempest Williams on the Loves (and Appetites) of the Great Jim Harrison

Terry Tempest Williams on the Loves (and Appetites) of the Great Jim Harrison

“He was kind and gracious and terrifyingly astute in all manner of his perceptions.”

By Terry Tempest Williams | October 26, 2021

Charlotte Cushman: Radical Feminist, Actress, Patron of the Arts

Charlotte Cushman: Radical Feminist, Actress, Patron of the Arts

Tana Wojczuk on the Leader of an Unlikely Group of Expats Called the “Jolly Bachelors”

By Tana Wojczuk | October 25, 2021

Why Samuel L. Jackson Was Expelled From Morehouse College

Why Samuel L. Jackson Was Expelled From Morehouse College

The Iconic Actor on His Time as Politically-Conscious Student at the Acclaimed HBCU

By Gavin Edwards | October 22, 2021

Can You Guess These Famous Writers Based on Their Very First Author Bios?

Can You Guess These Famous Writers Based on Their Very First Author Bios?

Everyone Has to Start Somewhere

By Emily Temple | October 20, 2021

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