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Who Was Peter Matthiessen, Really?

Who Was Peter Matthiessen, Really?

Terry McDonell Talks to Lance Richardson About Matthiessen’s Moral Ambiguity, Bigfoot, and More

By Terry McDonell | October 14, 2025

On the Mysteries, Real and Imagined, Surrounding Christopher Columbus

On the Mysteries, Real and Imagined, Surrounding Christopher Columbus

Matthew Restall on the Familiar Political Battleground of Columbus

By Matthew Restall | October 13, 2025

A Night at Max’s Kansas City: Seeing and Being Seen in the 1970s NYC Art World

A Night at Max’s Kansas City: Seeing and Being Seen in the 1970s NYC Art World

Pat Lipsky on the Rival Groups of Artists Looking for Fame in Greenwich Village

By Pat Lipsky | October 9, 2025

To Haunt and Be Haunted: On the Exhumation of Edgar Allan Poe

To Haunt and Be Haunted: On the Exhumation of Edgar Allan Poe

Ed Simon Explores the Terror of Being Buried Alive and Americanism in Poe’s Work

By Ed Simon | October 8, 2025

Inventing Gertrude Stein, Literary Cubist

Inventing Gertrude Stein, Literary Cubist

Francesca Wade on the Stylistic Innovations That Made the Expatriate Writer Famous in Her Own Country

By Francesca Wade | October 7, 2025

Ivan Klima, the best Czech novelist of his generation, has died.

Ivan Klima, the best Czech novelist of his generation, has died.

By Jonny Diamond | October 6, 2025

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Behind the Fame (and Inspirations) of Muriel Spark

Behind the Fame (and Inspirations) of Muriel Spark

Frances Wilson on the Similarities Between Spark’s Favorite Teacher and Her Most Famous Protagonist

By Frances Wilson | September 23, 2025

Painting Outside the Lines: On the Life and Work of Abstract Artist Emily Mason

Painting Outside the Lines: On the Life and Work of Abstract Artist Emily Mason

“Her best works—across mediums—came from ceding control, allowing herself to become a ‘conduit’ for the unknown.”

By Elisa Wouk Almino | September 17, 2025

Why We’re Still Reading Jane Austen on Her 250th Birthday

Why We’re Still Reading Jane Austen on Her 250th Birthday

Lucy Worsley on Austen’s Desire for Fame and Why Her Books Don’t Truly Celebrate Marriage

By Lucy Worsley | September 16, 2025

Writer, Resistance Fighter, and Kafka’s First Translator: Milena Jesenská, Forgotten No More

Writer, Resistance Fighter, and Kafka’s First Translator: Milena Jesenská, Forgotten No More

Christine Estima on Breathing Fictional Life Into a Long-Overlooked Literary Figure

By Christine Estima | September 12, 2025

Getting to Know the Great John Prine

Getting to Know the Great John Prine

Tom Piazza on His Inspiring Encounters With a Folk-Country Icon

By Tom Piazza | September 12, 2025

Miriam Toews on Grief, Guilt, and Memory

Miriam Toews on Grief, Guilt, and Memory

“I was convinced that I had destroyed the people I loved most in the world.”

By Miriam Toews | September 3, 2025

Glory Edim on Jessie Redmon Fauset’s Remarkable—and Forgotten—<em>Plum Bun</em>

Glory Edim on Jessie Redmon Fauset’s Remarkable—and Forgotten—Plum Bun

Remembering the Work of “The Crisis” Editor and Harlem Renaissance Writer

By Glory Edim | August 27, 2025

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