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Hitler and My Mother-In-Law (and the Slippery Terrain of Truth)

Hitler and My Mother-In-Law (and the Slippery Terrain of Truth)

Terese Svoboda on What Happens When We Mix Personal Memories with Public Histories

By Terese Svoboda | December 18, 2025

Elizabeth McCracken on Writing About Writing, At Last

Elizabeth McCracken on Writing About Writing, At Last

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Virginia Woolf Thought Katharine Mansfield Stank Like a “Civet Cat Taken to Streetwalking”

Virginia Woolf Thought Katharine Mansfield Stank Like a “Civet Cat Taken to Streetwalking”

Gerri Kimber on the Literary Legacy of an Early Master of the Short Form

By Gerri Kimber | December 17, 2025

How <em>Ulysses</em> Was Almost Banned By the State of New York

How Ulysses Was Almost Banned By the State of New York

Adam Morgan on Margaret C. Anderson and the Early Fight Against Literary Censorship in America

By Adam Morgan | December 17, 2025

Remembering DéLana R.A. Dameron

Remembering DéLana R.A. Dameron

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How Jane Austen’s Family Nurtured Her Early Literary Endeavors

How Jane Austen’s Family Nurtured Her Early Literary Endeavors

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Words Between Worlds: Creative Writing in Sarajevo

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