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Believing Sylvia Plath: How Our Culture Continues to Blame the Victims of Male Violence

Believing Sylvia Plath: How Our Culture Continues to Blame the Victims of Male Violence

Emily Van Duyne on the Ways Misogyny Masks Itself and Slithers On, Then and Now

By Emily Van Duyne | July 11, 2024

From Shopping to Sex: Indexing the Life of Sylvia Plath

From Shopping to Sex: Indexing the Life of Sylvia Plath

Carl Rollyson on the Revelations and Limits of a Quantitative Exercise

By Carl Rollyson | June 28, 2024

Teenage Queen: Behind the Scenes on the Set of <em>My Lady Jane</em>

Teenage Queen: Behind the Scenes on the Set of My Lady Jane

Alexis Gunderson on Bringing the Little Told Story of Lady Jane Grey to the Screen

By Alexis Gunderson | June 27, 2024

In Search of the Rarest Book in American Literature: Edgar Allan Poe’s <em>Tamerlane</em>

In Search of the Rarest Book in American Literature: Edgar Allan Poe’s Tamerlane

Bradford Morrow on the Bibliophile’s Holy Grail, Otherwise Known as the “Black Tulip”

By Bradford Morrow | June 25, 2024

How Lonely Planet Founders Tony and Maureen Wheeler Revolutionized the Way We Travel

How Lonely Planet Founders Tony and Maureen Wheeler Revolutionized the Way We Travel

Paige McClanahan on the Origins, Development and Popularization of the Travel Guide

By Paige McClanahan | June 21, 2024

How a Young Harriet Tubman Found Solace in Syncretic Religion

How a Young Harriet Tubman Found Solace in Syncretic Religion

Tiya Miles on the Famed Abolitionist’s Early Spiritual Education

By Tiya Miles | June 18, 2024

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Barrie Kreinik on Reviving a Queer Icon of the Roaring Twenties

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Catherine Gigante-Brown on Jane Kamensky’s Biography of Candida Royalle

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“Is It All Over My Face?” The Story Behind Arthur Russell’s “Amazingly Explicit” Dancefloor Classic

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Lucy Sante, Tom Lee, and More Remember the Song’s Genesis

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When Judith Jones Brought Sylvia Plath and Julia Child to American Bookshelves

When Judith Jones Brought Sylvia Plath and Julia Child to American Bookshelves

Sara B. Franklin on the Legendary Editor’s Mentorship of Two Iconic Authors

By Sara B. Franklin | May 28, 2024

How Willa Cather Chronicled the Development of American Theater

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James Shapiro on the Social and Cultural Impact of Film’s Triumph Over the Stage

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