Balzac Tried to Buy a Waistcoat for Every Day of the Year (and Other Revelations of Parisian Fashion)

Balzac Tried to Buy a Waistcoat for Every Day of the Year (and Other Revelations of Parisian Fashion)

On the Absurd and Wonderful Sartorial Habits of a Great Writer

By Valerie Steele | September 11, 2017

“He Comes for the Girls.” Philip Roth on Getting Kicked Out of Prague

“He Comes for the Girls.” Philip Roth on Getting Kicked Out of Prague

A Diverting Anecdote from a Grim and Unamusing Epoch

By Philip Roth | September 8, 2017

Two Never Before Published Letters from Marcel Proust to His Neighbor

Two Never Before Published Letters from Marcel Proust to His Neighbor

Lydia Davis Translates a Couple Requests for Quiet

By Marcel Proust | August 25, 2017

Another Way New York City is Dying: The Rise of Fauxstalgia

Another Way New York City is Dying: The Rise of Fauxstalgia

Jeremiah Moss on NYC Restaurateurs Rebooting Classic Restaurants

By Jeremiah Moss | August 16, 2017

The First English Woman to Make a Living as a Writer Was Also a Spy

The First English Woman to Make a Living as a Writer Was Also a Spy

On Aphra Behn, Playwright and Punk-Poetess of the 17th Century

By Janet Todd | August 7, 2017

Sam Shepard on Writing, Reading, and the Promise of Eternal Love

Sam Shepard on Writing, Reading, and the Promise of Eternal Love

From his Letters to Johnny Dark

By Sam Shepard | August 2, 2017

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How Billie Holiday and Simone de Beauvoir Invented Cool

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14 Curious Telegrams from (and to) Famous Writers

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"I Can't Look You in the Voice"

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The Case of Mistaken Identity Behind <em>Legends of the Fall</em>

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Will the Real William Ludlow Please Stand Up?

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