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Open to Interpretation: The Brief Relationship of Susan Sontag and Jasper Johns

Open to Interpretation: The Brief Relationship of Susan Sontag and Jasper Johns

On the Highs and Lows of Art and Life

By Benjamin Moser | September 19, 2019

The Last Love Letters of Anti-Nazi German Resistance Fighters

The Last Love Letters of Anti-Nazi German Resistance Fighters

Freya and Helmuth von Moltke: Love in a Time of War

By Helmuth Caspar von Moltke, Dorothea von Moltke, and Johannes von Moltke | September 18, 2019

On Alma Mahler, Muse and Mistress of Fin-de-Siecle Vienna

On Alma Mahler, Muse and Mistress of Fin-de-Siecle Vienna

lived out of her time."">Cate Haste Considers the Legacy of "a modern woman who
lived out of her time."

By Cate Haste | September 16, 2019

The US Tour That Made Gertrude Stein a Household Name

The US Tour That Made Gertrude Stein a Household Name

She Was Always Ready for the Paparazzi

By Roy Morris, Jr. | September 16, 2019

On the Iconic Iraqi Writer Who Modernized Poetic Forms

On the Iconic Iraqi Writer Who Modernized Poetic Forms

Fadhil al-Azzawi, a Countercultural Literary Force

By Farouk Yousif | September 12, 2019

Laura van den Berg on Divining the Unseeable, and Her Family's History with the Paranormal

Laura van den Berg on Divining the Unseeable, and Her Family's History with the Paranormal

From Tarot Readings on Book Tour, to a Medium for Pets

By Laura van den Berg | September 11, 2019

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Dina Nayeri on Returning to the Hotel-Turned-Refugee-Camp of Her Childhood

By Dina Nayeri | September 11, 2019

The Humble Origins of the Man Who Discovered Dark Matter

By John Johnson, Jr. | September 11, 2019

The Communist Plot to Assassinate George Orwell

By Duncan White | September 10, 2019

Graphic Novel: The True Story of Granny Lee Ok-sun

Graphic Novel: The True Story of Granny Lee Ok-sun

A Former Korean "Comfort Woman" Makes the Journey Home

By Keum Suk Gendry-Kim | September 9, 2019

The Writer Who Rejected the Black Literary Bourgeoisie

The Writer Who Rejected the Black Literary Bourgeoisie

On Charles S. Wright's 1960s Novels of Societal Rejects

By Ishmael Reed | September 6, 2019

How Arthur Fellig Became the Legendary Street Photographer Weegee

How Arthur Fellig Became the Legendary Street Photographer Weegee

Capturing the Face of Mid-Century New York City

By Christopher Bonanos | August 23, 2019

Lit Hub’s Fall 2019 Nonfiction Preview: Biography

Lit Hub’s Fall 2019 Nonfiction Preview: Biography

Sontag, Edison, Lincoln, and More

By Literary Hub | August 22, 2019

Reading in a Boom Time of Biographical Fiction

Reading in a Boom Time of Biographical Fiction

Jay Parini on the Art of Inventing Real Life

By Jay Parini | August 21, 2019

Walter Mosley in Conversation with Legendary Filmmaker Walter Bernstein

Walter Mosley in Conversation with Legendary Filmmaker Walter Bernstein

In Celebration of Bernstein's 100th Birthday

By Walter Mosley | August 20, 2019

The Road to Oliver Sacks'

The Road to Oliver Sacks'

Lawrence Weschler on Meeting a Then-Unknown 48-Year-Old Neurologist

By Lawrence Weschler | August 13, 2019

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