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Meet the Writer Who Chased Eve Babitz All Over Hollywood

Meet the Writer Who Chased Eve Babitz All Over Hollywood

How Lili Anolik Finally Got Her Subject to Talk

By Zan Romanoff | January 10, 2019

Gabriel García Márquez Remembers His Dearest Friend, Julio Cortázar

Gabriel García Márquez Remembers His Dearest Friend, Julio Cortázar

"I always thought that death itself seemed indecent to him."

By Gabriel García Márquez | January 8, 2019

"Luminous Traitor"

Martin Duberman

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Edward Gorey, Frank O'Hara and Harvard's Gay Underground

Edward Gorey, Frank O'Hara and Harvard's Gay Underground

"Gorey and O’Hara were a subculture unto themselves."

By Mark Dery | December 17, 2018

The Showgirl Who Discovered <em>Lolita</em>

The Showgirl Who Discovered Lolita

How Nabokov's Masterpiece Found Its American Publisher

By Sarah Weinman | November 26, 2018

On the Limits of Biofiction: Bethany Layne Talks to David Lodge

On the Limits of Biofiction: Bethany Layne Talks to David Lodge

The Art of Fictionalizing a Life, from H.G. Wells to Henry James

By Bethany Layne and David Lodge | November 20, 2018

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"All the time there was the stench of death in the air."

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The Rise of Arthur Ashe: Tennis Star, Civil Rights Activist

The Rise of Arthur Ashe: Tennis Star, Civil Rights Activist

"I finally stopped trying to be part of white society."

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How the Great Lorraine Hansberry Tried To Make Sense of it All

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