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Elizabeth Bishop in Key West, Island of Her Dreams

Elizabeth Bishop in Key West, Island of Her Dreams

On a 20th-Century Writers' Paradise

By Thomas Travisano | November 12, 2019

On the Difficulty of Convincing Samuel Beckett of Just About Anything

On the Difficulty of Convincing Samuel Beckett of Just About Anything

Deirdre Bair, Biographer of Record, Recalls Their First Meeting

By Deirdre Bair | November 11, 2019

The Wild, Impassioned World of Anaïs Nin's Diaries

The Wild, Impassioned World of Anaïs Nin's Diaries

Revolutionary Writing That Bridged the Public and Private

By Kim Krizan | November 8, 2019

Hans Fallada, the Anti-Nazi Writer Who Reluctantly Served the Reich

Hans Fallada, the Anti-Nazi Writer Who Reluctantly Served the Reich

When You Live in Interesting Times, Nothing is Apolitical

By Geoff Wilkes | November 8, 2019

Announcing the Shortlist for Reading Women's Nonfiction Award

Announcing the Shortlist for Reading Women's Nonfiction Award

Mira Jacob, T Kira Madden, Jennine Capó Crucet, and More

By Reading Women | November 6, 2019

Nancy Pelosi on Looking to Eleanor Roosevelt for Hope

Nancy Pelosi on Looking to Eleanor Roosevelt for Hope

"We all could use Roosevelt’s wisdom, every day."

By Nancy Pelosi | November 5, 2019

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On Reconfiguring the Modernist Flaneur and Writing in a
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By Joanna Kavenna | October 25, 2019

The Gloriously Understated Career of Elaine Stritch

By Alexandra Jacobs | October 22, 2019

Alejandro Zambra on One of the Great Diarists of the 20th Century

By Alejandro Zambra | October 22, 2019

The Trial of Harry Houdini

The Trial of Harry Houdini

When the Great Escape Artist Was Arrested in Germany for Fraud

By Joe Posnanski | October 22, 2019

Murder in Paradise: The Tale of the Baroness and the Bohemians

Murder in Paradise: The Tale of the Baroness and the Bohemians

Mars van Grunsven Visits Galapagos, Then and Now

By Mars van Grunsven | October 18, 2019

How Beth Brant Uplifted the Voices of Native American Queer Women

How Beth Brant Uplifted the Voices of Native American Queer Women

On Taking a More Inclusive Approach to Indigenous Writing

By Janice Gould | October 18, 2019

A Friendship in Letters: <br> Flannery O'Connor and Katherine Anne Porter

A Friendship in Letters:
Flannery O'Connor and Katherine Anne Porter

Talk of Peacocks, Easter, and Porter's Ship of Fools

By Benjamin B. Alexander | October 16, 2019

On the Groundbreaking Documentary That Brought the Birthplace of Chicago Blues Alive

On the Groundbreaking Documentary That Brought the Birthplace of Chicago Blues Alive

It Wouldn't Have Been Possible Without “Guitar King” Michael Bloomfield

By David Dann | October 16, 2019

The Impossibility of Capturing Truth in a Biography

The Impossibility of Capturing Truth in a Biography

Iris Origo on Why We Try Anyway

By Iris Origo | October 15, 2019

Rumi Priestly Poet of Love <em>and</em> Master of the One Liner

Rumi Priestly Poet of Love and Master of the One Liner

Brad Gooch on One of the World's Great Poets

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