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

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

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

By Vanessa Willoughby | March 30, 2021

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

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

Michela Wrong on Obfuscation and the Impact of Polarizing Narratives

By Michela Wrong | March 30, 2021

Deep in an Icelandic Archive, the Earliest Roots of Nordic Mythology

Deep in an Icelandic Archive, the Earliest Roots of Nordic Mythology

Andri Snær Magnason Navigates a Sacred Text

By Andri Snær Magnason | March 30, 2021

A Radical Education: How Greenwich Village Transformed Eleanor Roosevelt

A Radical Education: How Greenwich Village Transformed Eleanor Roosevelt

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

By Jan Jarboe Russell | March 30, 2021

<em>You Don't Belong Here</em> by Elizabeth Becker, Read by Lisa Flanagan

You Don't Belong Here by Elizabeth Becker, Read by Lisa Flanagan

Nonfiction Not to Be Missed

By Behind the Mic | March 30, 2021

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By Walker Caplan | March 29, 2021

The Fearless Truthtelling of Harriet Ann Jacobs

By Tiya Miles | March 29, 2021

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

By Erika Kobayashi | March 29, 2021

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

By Brandy Schillace | March 29, 2021

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.

By Walker Caplan | March 26, 2021

Read Tennessee Williams’s first published short story. (It’s weird.)

Read Tennessee Williams’s first published short story. (It’s weird.)

By Walker Caplan | March 26, 2021

When Dostoevsky Hit the St. Petersburg Literary Scene

When Dostoevsky Hit the St. Petersburg Literary Scene

Alex Christofi on the Great Russian Writer's Struggle with Fame and Insecurity

By Alex Christofi | March 26, 2021

On Francis Drake the Pirate, Queen Elizabeth I, and the Age of Empires

On Francis Drake the Pirate, Queen Elizabeth I, and the Age of Empires

Laurence Bergreen in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 26, 2021

How the Tragic Literary Woman Became a Figure of Fascination

How the Tragic Literary Woman Became a Figure of Fascination

Kelsey Osgood on the Life of Vivien Eliot and a Misguided Historical Narrative That Won't Go Away

By Kelsey Osgood | March 26, 2021

Returning to Riva: Close Reading a Little-Known Short Story by Franz Kafka

Returning to Riva: Close Reading a Little-Known Short Story by Franz Kafka

Daniel Heller-Roazen on Fleeting Narrators, Disappearing Text, and "The Hunter Gracchus"

By Daniel Heller-Roazen | March 26, 2021

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