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Maeve Brennan: On the Life of a Great Irish Writer, and Its Sad End

Maeve Brennan: On the Life of a Great Irish Writer, and Its Sad End

From the Pages of The New Yorker to the Streets of New York

By Kathleen Hill | March 16, 2018

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In Which Tennessee Williams and James Laughlin Discuss Carson McCullers (and More)

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How a Letter from Einstein Saved a Scientist from Nazi Germany

How a Letter from Einstein Saved a Scientist from Nazi Germany

Gerald Weissmann on the Nativist US Immigration Policies of the 1930s

By Gerald Weissmann | March 15, 2018

Battling American Obfuscation as a Young Black Reporter in Vietnam

Battling American Obfuscation as a Young Black Reporter in Vietnam

Dr. Mary Frances Berry Recalls Her Experience on the Ground

By Mary Frances Berry | March 14, 2018

Did Thoreau Actually Live on Walden Pond?

Did Thoreau Actually Live on Walden Pond?

"A Lake is the Landscape’s Most Beautiful and Expressive Feature"

By Robert Thorson | March 12, 2018

How Leo and Gertrude Stein Revolutionized the Art World

How Leo and Gertrude Stein Revolutionized the Art World

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