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

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

Outtakes from a Nonfiction Master

By John McPhee | November 13, 2018

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

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

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

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By Michael Beschloss | October 26, 2018

On the Very Scary Rise of the First Literary Vampire

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The Time Byron and Shelley and Godwin and Polidori Freaked Themselves Out

By Nick Groom | October 25, 2018

The Moment When Punk Collided With Poetry

The Moment When Punk Collided With Poetry

On the Rock 'n' Roll Art of Patti Smith, Sam Shepard, and More

By Kembrew McLeod | October 19, 2018

The Anxiety of the Pilot Upon Attempting to Land a Plane

The Anxiety of the Pilot Upon Attempting to Land a Plane

On Night-Flying, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and a Crisis Over Patagonia

By María Sonia Cristoff | October 19, 2018

Worst Pope of All Time?

Worst Pope of All Time?

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By Simon Sebag Montefiore | October 17, 2018

Uwe Johnson: A Chapter a Day for a Year

Uwe Johnson: A Chapter a Day for a Year

Read a diary entry a day this week

By Uwe Johnson | October 9, 2018

Meet the Beloved Pet Ravens of Charles Dickens

Meet the Beloved Pet Ravens of Charles Dickens

Grip I, Grip II, and, You Guessed It, Grip III

By Christopher Skaife | October 2, 2018

The Literary Heroes of Teen Benjamin Franklin

The Literary Heroes of Teen Benjamin Franklin

From Socrates to The Spectator

By Nick Bunker | October 1, 2018

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