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Is the Original <em>Pinocchio</em> Actually About Lying and Very Long Noses?

Is the Original Pinocchio Actually About Lying and Very Long Noses?

John Hooper and Anna Kraczyna on the Italian Author Behind the Beloved (Pre-Disney) Children’s Tale

By John Hooper and Anna Kraczyna | September 14, 2021

Dana Gioia on Why Ray Bradbury is So Essential

Dana Gioia on Why Ray Bradbury is So Essential

This Week from the Big Table Podcast with JC Gabel

By Big Table | September 14, 2021

Triumph and Tragedy: On Being a Mets Fan... and Being a Mankiewicz

Triumph and Tragedy: On Being a Mets Fan... and Being a Mankiewicz

Nick Davis on His Renowned Family and the Mysteries That Still Remain

By Nick Davis | September 13, 2021

Remembering Lois Palken Rudnick, a Biographer Who Never Stopped Exploring

Remembering Lois Palken Rudnick, a Biographer Who Never Stopped Exploring

Megan Marshall Honors Her Late Friend

By Megan Marshall | September 13, 2021

“You’re Food and Drink to Me.” A Letter From Henry Miller to Anais Nin

“You’re Food and Drink to Me.” A Letter From Henry Miller to Anais Nin

A Steamy Excerpt of the Literary Couple’s Correspondence

By Shaun Usher | September 10, 2021

How the History of German-Jewish Refugee Soldiers During WWII Shaped My Novel

How the History of German-Jewish Refugee Soldiers During WWII Shaped My Novel

Ellen Feldman on the Fascinating Story of the Ritchie Boys

By Ellen Feldman | September 10, 2021

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Anne Sebba on Ethel Rosenberg’s Early Days

By Just the Right Book | September 9, 2021

The In-Between World: On the Mythology of The Famished Road and the Literary Scaffolding of Ben Okri

By Vanessa Guignery | September 8, 2021

The Role That Got Away: Hayley Mills on (Almost) Playing Lolita

By Hayley Mills | September 7, 2021

Brigette Benkeman on Dora Maar, Surrealist Photographer and Picasso’s “Weeping Woman”

Brigette Benkeman on Dora Maar, Surrealist Photographer and Picasso’s “Weeping Woman”

This Week from the Big Table Podcast with JC Gabel

By Big Table | September 7, 2021

Exploring the “Hidden Figures” of the WWII Women’s Army Corps

Exploring the “Hidden Figures” of the WWII Women’s Army Corps

Kaia Alderson on the Books That Shaped Her Debut Novel

By Kaia Alderson | September 3, 2021

On the Life and Under-Recognized Work of Margery Latimer, Visionary Modernist Writer

On the Life and Under-Recognized Work of Margery Latimer, Visionary Modernist Writer

Joy Castro Revisits an Intellectual Ahead of Her Time

By Joy Castro | September 2, 2021

Once Dostoyevsky’s Stenographer, Then His Wife

Once Dostoyevsky’s Stenographer, Then His Wife

Andrew D. Kaufman on the First Meeting Between Anna Snitkina and the Russian Author

By Andrew D. Kaufman | August 31, 2021

Yuval Taylor on Zora Neale Hurston’s Initial Reception

Yuval Taylor on Zora Neale Hurston’s Initial Reception

This Week from the Big Table Podcast with JC Gabel

By Big Table | August 31, 2021

How the Great Billie Jean King Challenged the Patriarchy

How the Great Billie Jean King Challenged the Patriarchy

The Groundbreaking Tennis Champ on Her Fight to End Gender Discrimination

By Billie Jean King | August 30, 2021

Who Was Mary Shelley, Daughter?

Who Was Mary Shelley, Daughter?

Samantha Silva on the Liminal Space Between Daughterhood and Motherhood

By Samantha Silva | August 30, 2021

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