Why I Decided to Write Fiction and Publish a Debut Novel<br> in My 80s

Why I Decided to Write Fiction and Publish a Debut Novel
in My 80s

Orville Schell on His Long Odyssey From Nonfiction to Fiction

By Orville Schell | April 1, 2021

How Settlers Convinced Themselves They Were the First Owners of America

How Settlers Convinced Themselves They Were the First Owners of America

Michael Heller in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | April 1, 2021

Remember when a Brontë Society member got into a public feud with a British supermodel?

Remember when a Brontë Society member got into a public feud with a British supermodel?

By Vanessa Willoughby | March 31, 2021

Your Wednesday ASMR: John Ciardi reading his poem “Happiness.”

Your Wednesday ASMR: John Ciardi reading his poem “Happiness.”

By Walker Caplan | March 31, 2021

Ten Savage Insults From Literary Icons

Ten Savage Insults From Literary Icons

Writers, Indeed, Can Be Mean

By Literary Hub | March 31, 2021

Liberty or Death: On the Prophetic Visions and Unflinching Will of<br> Harriet Tubman

Liberty or Death: On the Prophetic Visions and Unflinching Will of
Harriet Tubman

Dorothy Wickenden Recounts the Early Life of an American Hero

By Dorothy Wickenden | March 31, 2021

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Read Nella Larsen's 1922 application to the NYPL's library school.

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The Virtue of Lying? Unmasking the Truth About the Rwandan Genocide

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A Radical Education: How Greenwich Village Transformed Eleanor Roosevelt

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Jan Jarboe Russell on the Friendships That Inspired and Nourished a Former First Lady

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The Fearless Truthtelling of Harriet Ann Jacobs

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Tiya Miles on Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

By Tiya Miles | March 29, 2021

A Tale of Three Diaries: On Destroyed Landscapes and Lost Narratives

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Erika Kobayashi Travels from Auschwitz to Fukushima

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Kidneys, Twins, and Pathological Optimism: The Story of the First Successful Organ Transplant

Kidneys, Twins, and Pathological Optimism: The Story of the First Successful Organ Transplant

Brandy Schillace on Dr. Joseph E. Murray's Groundbreaking Surgery

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Just what you never knew you always wanted: a playlist of Jane Austen’s favorite songs.

Just what you never knew you always wanted: a playlist of Jane Austen’s favorite songs.

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