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Reading the First Drafts of<br> <em>Anna Karenina</em>

Reading the First Drafts of
Anna Karenina

Bob Blaisdell on Tolstoy's Creation and Pushkin's Influence

By Bob Blaisdell | August 6, 2020

On the Unique Artistic Sensibility of Magda Nachman

On the Unique Artistic Sensibility of Magda Nachman

Dr. Lina Bernstein Revisits the Art World of
Early 20th-Century St. Petersburg

By Lina Bernstein | July 29, 2020

The Vow James Baldwin Made to Young Civil Rights Activists

The Vow James Baldwin Made to Young Civil Rights Activists

Eddie Glaude on How Baldwin Confronted America's Most Exceptional Lie

By Eddie S. Glaude Jr. | July 28, 2020

My Mother and 'Culture': <br>A Love Story

My Mother and 'Culture':
A Love Story

Playwright David Adjmi on His Mother's Influence

By David Adjmi | July 28, 2020

The Dangerous and Untold Story of Paparazzi Work

The Dangerous and Untold Story of Paparazzi Work

Featuring the Further Abuses of Donald Trump

By Vanessa Diaz | July 24, 2020

Remembering Chris Dickey, Writer, Friend, and Truly Great Editor

Remembering Chris Dickey, Writer, Friend, and Truly Great Editor

Will Cathcart on the Life and Times of a Beloved Journalist

By Will Cathcart | July 24, 2020

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On Exploiting the Labor of a Dear Friend, Who is Also a Poet

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In His Life and Writing, Robert D. Richardson Was Precise and Compassionate

In His Life and Writing, Robert D. Richardson Was Precise and Compassionate

Megan Marshall on the Great Thoreau and Emerson Biographer

By Megan Marshall | July 10, 2020

How the Author of <em>The Graduate</em> Walked Away From Middle-Class Mores

How the Author of The Graduate Walked Away From Middle-Class Mores

Beverly Gray on Charles Webb's Unexpected Life of Charity

By Beverly Gray | July 2, 2020

Pramila Jayapal on Changing the Establishment from the Inside

Pramila Jayapal on Changing the Establishment from the Inside

The US Representative on the Status Quo, Democracy, and Organizing

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Vivian Gornick on the "Forgotten" Wife of Victorian Novelist, George Meredith

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Inside the Creation of a Girl Scout Troop Unlike Any Other

Inside the Creation of a Girl Scout Troop Unlike Any Other

Meet the Young Women Who Made it Happen

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The Death That Galvanized Malcolm X Against Police Brutality

The Death That Galvanized Malcolm X Against Police Brutality

Peniel Joseph on the Case of Ronald Stokes in 1960s LA

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The Poet-Publisher Who Scorned Death by Pursuing It

The Poet-Publisher Who Scorned Death by Pursuing It

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