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When Tom Seaver Came Into the Big Leagues He Came in Pitching

When Tom Seaver Came Into the Big Leagues He Came in Pitching

(But That Didn't Stop Lou Brock From Telling Him to Fetch a Coke)

By Bill Madden | December 22, 2020

Barry Lopez on the Life of a True Naturalist

Barry Lopez on the Life of a True Naturalist

How Richard K. Nelson Went Above and Beyond
His Calling As an Anthropologist

By Barry Lopez | December 18, 2020

The Austrian Writer Whose Forgotten Plays Inspired His Greatest Work of Fiction

The Austrian Writer Whose Forgotten Plays Inspired His Greatest Work of Fiction

Genese Grill on Robert Musil's Intellectual and Creative Life

By Genese Grill | December 17, 2020

That Time William S. Burroughs Fled a Ranch School in<br> New Mexico

That Time William S. Burroughs Fled a Ranch School in
New Mexico

Ken Layne on Magic and War in Los Alamos

By Ken Layne | December 16, 2020

How Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Came to Compose His First Symphony

How Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Came to Compose His First Symphony

Jan Swafford on the Influence of Leopold Mozart on
His Precocious Son

By Jan Swafford | December 15, 2020

What Drew German Novelist Uwe Johnson to a Tiny English Island Off the Coast of Kent?

What Drew German Novelist Uwe Johnson to a Tiny English Island Off the Coast of Kent?

Patrick Wright on the Final Years of a Wandering Writer

By Patrick Wright | December 11, 2020

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Edith Vonnegut on the Love Letters of Kurt and Jane Vonnegut

By Edith Vonnegut | December 9, 2020

How KISS Became a Rock & Roll Phenomenon

By Doug Brod | December 9, 2020

How a Nun Accidentally Led Allen Ginsberg's Biographer to the Poet's Work

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | December 9, 2020

The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of 2020

The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of 2020

Featuring Barack Obama, Natasha Trethewey, Helen Macdonald, Sylvia Plath, The Beatles, and more

By Book Marks | December 7, 2020

The Mankiewicz Brothers' Biographer Weighs in on David Fincher's <em>Mank</em>

The Mankiewicz Brothers' Biographer Weighs in on David Fincher's Mank

Sydney Stern on the Beauty and Limits of Capturing Icons on Screen

By Sydney Ladensohn Stern | December 4, 2020

A special issue of <em>The Volta</em> honors the life and work of poet Molly Brodak.

A special issue of The Volta honors the life and work of poet Molly Brodak.

By Walker Caplan | December 2, 2020

The Painter and the Scientist: <br>Unraveling the Myths About Leonardo Da Vinci

The Painter and the Scientist:
Unraveling the Myths About Leonardo Da Vinci

Francesca Fiorani Charts the Creative and Intellectual Life of the Great Renaissance Polymath

By Francesca Fiorani | December 2, 2020

A Rare Look at Obama Before the Presidency

A Rare Look at Obama Before the Presidency

On Photographing a Young Senate-Hopeful

By David Katz | December 1, 2020

Love, Travel, and Separation: On Bertolt Brecht and His Lover-Collaborators

Love, Travel, and Separation: On Bertolt Brecht and His Lover-Collaborators

From the Time to Eat the Dogs Podcast with Michael Robinson

By Time to Eat the Dogs | December 1, 2020

The Biography I'll Never Truly Finish Writing

The Biography I'll Never Truly Finish Writing

On the Impossible Task of Writing Bette Ford's Story

By Fortunato Salazar | November 30, 2020

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