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Despite protests from employees, Simon & Schuster still plans to publish Mike Pence’s book.

Despite protests from employees, Simon & Schuster still plans to publish Mike Pence’s book.

By Walker Caplan | April 21, 2021

Alyssa Collins has been awarded the Octavia E. Butler Fellowship.

Alyssa Collins has been awarded the Octavia E. Butler Fellowship.

By Walker Caplan | April 21, 2021

Monstrosity Plucked From Garbage Can: On Mae West’s early career as a controversial playwright.

Monstrosity Plucked From Garbage Can: On Mae West’s early career as a controversial playwright.

By Walker Caplan | April 20, 2021

Watch Spalding Gray perform <em>Our Town</em>’s legendary opening monologue.

Watch Spalding Gray perform Our Town’s legendary opening monologue.

By Walker Caplan | April 16, 2021

How the American Civil War Gave Walt Whitman a Call to Action

How the American Civil War Gave Walt Whitman a Call to Action

Mark Edmundson on the Great American Poet as Defender of Democracy

By Mark Edmundson | April 16, 2021

On the “Girl Stunt Reporters” Who Pioneered a New Genre of Investigative Journalism

On the “Girl Stunt Reporters” Who Pioneered a New Genre of Investigative Journalism

Kim Todd Remembers the Fearless Women Who Changed the Trajectory of Memoir and Reporting

By Kim Todd | April 16, 2021

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How Linda Wertheimer and Susan Stamberg Found Their Voices at NPR

By Lisa Napoli | April 15, 2021

Finding Hemingway: Seeing the Self Behind the Self-Mythologizer

By Alex Thomas | April 14, 2021

Goatskin, Tree Bark, and One Expensive Scribe: How “The King of the World’s Booksellers” Produced Manuscripts

By Ross King | April 13, 2021

Watch Kathy Acker read from <em>The Adult Life of Toulouse Lautrec</em>.

Watch Kathy Acker read from The Adult Life of Toulouse Lautrec.

By Walker Caplan | April 12, 2021

Cuomo staffers were (illegally) asked to work on Cuomo's memoir as part of their government jobs.

Cuomo staffers were (illegally) asked to work on Cuomo's memoir as part of their government jobs.

By Walker Caplan | April 12, 2021

Andrea Pitzer on the Heroic—and Horrific—Arctic Voyages of William Barents

Andrea Pitzer on the Heroic—and Horrific—Arctic Voyages of William Barents

From the Time to Eat the Dogs Podcast with Michael Robinson

By Time to Eat the Dogs | April 12, 2021

How Nellie Y. McKay Forged a Path for the Study of African American Literature

How Nellie Y. McKay Forged a Path for the Study of African American Literature

Shanna Greene Benjamin on the Broader Narrative of
Black Women’s Intellectualism

By Shanna Greene Benjamin | April 12, 2021

Look inside the only surviving copy of Joseph Pulitzer’s secret code book.

Look inside the only surviving copy of Joseph Pulitzer’s secret code book.

By Walker Caplan | April 9, 2021

How Dorothea Nutzhorn Chased the Promise of Possibility and Became Dorothea Lange

How Dorothea Nutzhorn Chased the Promise of Possibility and Became Dorothea Lange

Jasmin Darznik on the Beginnings of a Legendary Photographer

By Jasmin Darznik | April 9, 2021

Are you a Tolkien fan? Contribute to this oral history collection.

Are you a Tolkien fan? Contribute to this oral history collection.

By Walker Caplan | April 8, 2021

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