Mary Gabriel on Expanding the Story of Mid-Century<br> American Art

Mary Gabriel on Expanding the Story of Mid-Century
American Art

This Week from the Big Table Podcast with JC Gabel

By Big Table | June 16, 2021

Watch Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr. trade insults on live television.

Watch Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr. trade insults on live television.

By Walker Caplan | June 15, 2021

Jonathan Lee on the Man Who Built New York City... Only to Disappear Into It

Jonathan Lee on the Man Who Built New York City... Only to Disappear Into It

Dwyer Murphy Talks to the Author of The Great Mistake About the Life and Times of Andrew Haswell Green

By Dwyer Murphy | June 15, 2021

Watch this never-aired ABC television profile of James Baldwin.

Watch this never-aired ABC television profile of James Baldwin.

By Walker Caplan | June 14, 2021

The Radical Sensibility Behind the Federal Writers' Project

The Radical Sensibility Behind the Federal Writers' Project

Scott Borchert on Founding Director Henry Alsberg

By Scott Borchert | June 14, 2021

Apparently, William Styron was fired from his first job in publishing for being a total slob.

Apparently, William Styron was fired from his first job in publishing for being a total slob.

By Vanessa Willoughby | June 11, 2021

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Pamela Hamilton on Excavating the Life of Dorothy Hale

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Carrie Mae Weems and the Long History of Collective Self-Institutionalization Among Black Radicals

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“The books are no longer themselves.” Saul Bellow’s prescient takedown of literary criticism.

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Remembering Mark Baumer: Barefoot Walker, Poet, Climate Activist, Friend

Remembering Mark Baumer: Barefoot Walker, Poet, Climate Activist, Friend

Claire Donato on the Writing and Ethos of Someone to Be Remembered

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On the Excoriating Speech Nelson Algren Delivered to College English Students

On the Excoriating Speech Nelson Algren Delivered to College English Students

Colin Asher Guests on the Big Table Podcast

By Big Table | June 10, 2021

“Horseshit!” Yes, Marlon Brando, Eclectic Bibliophile, Wrote in His Books

“Horseshit!” Yes, Marlon Brando, Eclectic Bibliophile, Wrote in His Books

Rebecca Rego Barry Digs Through the Actor’s Personal Library as it Heads to Auction

By Rebecca Rego Barry | June 7, 2021

Watch Allen Ginsberg perform the first song he ever wrote, on the roof of his apartment.

Watch Allen Ginsberg perform the first song he ever wrote, on the roof of his apartment.

By Walker Caplan | June 3, 2021

How Don Cherry Employed the Metaphysical Body-Space to Inspire Communal Creativity

How Don Cherry Employed the Metaphysical Body-Space to Inspire Communal Creativity

Fumi Okiji on the Practice of Listening and the Magic of an Avant-Garde Jazz Trumpeter

By Fumi Okiji | June 3, 2021

How a Single Cookbook Shaped What It Meant to Be an “American Woman”

How a Single Cookbook Shaped What It Meant to Be an “American Woman”

Jess McHugh on the Complicated Legacy of Betty Crocker

By Jess McHugh | June 2, 2021

How a Pioneering Mathematician Held Her Family Together in the Wake of Her Husband's Medical Emergency

How a Pioneering Mathematician Held Her Family Together in the Wake of Her Husband's Medical Emergency

Katherine Johnson on the Diagnosis That Altered Family Life Forever

By Katherine Johnson, Joylette Hylick, and Katherine Moore | May 26, 2021

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