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

Not Just a German Word: A Brief History of Schadenfreude

Not Just a German Word: A Brief History of Schadenfreude

"This is a confession: sometimes I feel good when others feel bad."

By Tiffany Watt Smith | November 21, 2018

The Time Halldor Laxness Was Almost Deported from America

The Time Halldor Laxness Was Almost Deported from America

And How the ACLU Saved Him

By Halldór Guðmundsson | November 21, 2018

The Ripple Effect of Death in a Hotel

The Ripple Effect of Death in a Hotel

Mikita Brottman on the Protocols and Pitfalls of Dealing with a Body

By Mikita Brottman | November 20, 2018

The Forgotten Fairy Tale Genius of Édouard Laboulaye

The Forgotten Fairy Tale Genius of Édouard Laboulaye

Political Parables of 19th-Century Democracy

By Jack Zipes and Édouard Laboulaye | November 19, 2018

What the Stoic Philosophers Knew About Being Free

What the Stoic Philosophers Knew About Being Free

The Best Path to Freedom? First, Take a Breather.

By A.A. Long | November 16, 2018

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How America Remembers Emmett Till

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On the Complicated Legacy of American Country Music

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Fragments of John McPhee: On Cary Grant, Ping-Pong, and Earthquakes

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Outtakes from a Nonfiction Master

By John McPhee | November 13, 2018

Co-Parenting with Lord Byron, As Weird As It Sounds

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Miranda Seymour the Precociousness of the Poet's Daughter

By Miranda Seymour | November 12, 2018

See Oscar Wilde's Handwritten Edits to <em>The Picture of Dorian Gray</em>

See Oscar Wilde's Handwritten Edits to The Picture of Dorian Gray

Did Wilde Self-Censor the Earliest Version of His Only Novel?

By Literary Hub | November 9, 2018

What a Woman Must Do to Become King

What a Woman Must Do to Become King

On the Rise of Neferusobek, Egypt's First Female Ruler

By Kara Cooney | November 8, 2018

The Polish Army Officer Who Conjured Proust in a Soviet Prison Camp

The Polish Army Officer Who Conjured Proust in a Soviet Prison Camp

On Józef Czapski's Wartime Lectures

By Eric Karpeles | November 7, 2018

How to Sell a Candidate to the Public: Andrew Jackson Edition

How to Sell a Candidate to the Public: Andrew Jackson Edition

On the Dark Tradition of American Populism

By davidandjeanneheidler | November 6, 2018

English Tourists in Italy Have Been Complaining for 300 Years

English Tourists in Italy Have Been Complaining for 300 Years

Amid the Roman Ruins and the Search for a Lost City

By Ferdinand Addis | November 6, 2018

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