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The Writers Vincent van Gogh Loved, From Charles Dickens to Harriet Beecher Stowe

The Writers Vincent van Gogh Loved, From Charles Dickens to Harriet Beecher Stowe

6 Books Essential to Our Understanding of the Artist

By Mariella Guzzoni | May 4, 2020

At a Fabled Artist's Colony, Ruth Asawa Found Her Voice

At a Fabled Artist's Colony, Ruth Asawa Found Her Voice

On the Sculptor's Time at Black Mountain College

By Marilyn Chase | May 4, 2020

The Long Fight to Decolonize Book Research

The Long Fight to Decolonize Book Research

Kristen Millares Young on Learning from Makah Tradition

By Kristen Millares Young | May 4, 2020

Cassandra Austen: Literary Arsonist, or a Heroine in Her Own Right?

Cassandra Austen: Literary Arsonist, or a Heroine in Her Own Right?

Gill Hornby on the Lesser Known Austen Sister

By Gill Hornby | May 1, 2020

How Virginia Woolf and Susan Sontag Looked at Photos<br> of Violence

How Virginia Woolf and Susan Sontag Looked at Photos
of Violence

On Photography and Complicity

By Pepper Stetler | May 1, 2020

A History of Gaps: Who Can Tell the Story of the Vietnamese Diaspora?

A History of Gaps: Who Can Tell the Story of the Vietnamese Diaspora?

Kim-Anh Schreiber on Inhabiting a Territory Defined by Loss

By Kim-Anh Schreiber | April 30, 2020

Best Reviewed
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The Saint and I: On Augustine and Writing About Mothers

By Natalie Carnes | April 28, 2020

On Frances Burney and the Birth of 'Chick Lit'

By Gina Fattore | April 27, 2020

Why Are We Obsessed With Writers' Houses?

By Elisa Wouk Almino | April 27, 2020

Syria's Doomed Struggle for Independence After WWI

Syria's Doomed Struggle for Independence After WWI

Elizabeth F. Thompson on a Diplomatic Ruse That Transformed the Middle East

By Elizabeth F. Thompson | April 24, 2020

On the Rise and Fall of ISIS

On the Rise and Fall of ISIS

Patrick Cockburn Wonders at What Comes Next

By Patrick Cockburn | April 24, 2020

The Cast of Characters at Chelsea's Legendary<br> Flea Market

The Cast of Characters at Chelsea's Legendary
Flea Market

On the Iconic, Recently-Ended Market and the Treasures Found There

By Michael Rips | April 22, 2020

Finding a Way Forward from the Pandemic in the Words of the Poets

Finding a Way Forward from the Pandemic in the Words of the Poets

Lawrence Joseph on Robert Hayden, Etel Adnan, Adrienne Rich, and Cathy Park Hong

By Lawrence Joseph | April 22, 2020

The Decade John Berger Became an Art World Revolutionary

The Decade John Berger Became an Art World Revolutionary

Joshua Sperling on His Turn to Reinterpreting the Past

By Joshua Sperling | April 21, 2020

How the Trump Presidency Became a Hotbed of Conspiracy Theory

How the Trump Presidency Became a Hotbed of Conspiracy Theory

David Rohde on Truth and Misinformation

By David Rohde | April 21, 2020

How Did Writers Survive the <br>First Great Depression?

How Did Writers Survive the
First Great Depression?

Jason Boog Looks Back to Figure Out How to Go Forward

By Jason Boog | April 20, 2020

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