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Young William Faulkner in the French Quarter

Young William Faulkner in the French Quarter

The Creolization of Faulkner's Writing

By Carl Rollyson | March 24, 2020

Uncovering the Hidden Love Lives of Sylvia Plath and William Faulkner

Uncovering the Hidden Love Lives of Sylvia Plath and William Faulkner

Carl Rollyson on Researching For His Two New Biographies

By Carl Rollyson | March 23, 2020

Finding Octavia Butler's Pasadena

Finding Octavia Butler's Pasadena

Katie Orphan Traces the Late Author Through Her Papers

By Katie Orphan | March 13, 2020

Snobs, Sophisticates, and Scathing Reviews in Wartime London

Snobs, Sophisticates, and Scathing Reviews in Wartime London

D.J. Taylor on Cyril Connolly Shepherd of "High Brow" Literature

By D.J. Taylor | March 13, 2020

Tove Jansson Falls in Love

Tove Jansson Falls in Love

The Moomin Creator on Five Decades of Life with Tuulikki Pietilä

By Tove Jansson | March 11, 2020

Cultivating Solitude, <br>The Henry James' Way

Cultivating Solitude,
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On “the lonely celibate who has to boil his own pot.”

By Fenton Johnson | March 10, 2020

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On Shirley Hazzard and the Antipodean Gaze

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The Films of Dario Argento as a Metaphor for Illness

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In Renouncing the Myths of Old California, Did Joan Didion Deflect Responsibility?

In Renouncing the Myths of Old California, Did Joan Didion Deflect Responsibility?

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Lawrence of Arabia Understood the Middle East Better Than Many Modern Leaders

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