• Biography

    Literary History

    Famous Yet Elusive: On Charles Dickens’s Unstable Reputation

    By Robert Douglas-Fairhurst  March 1, 2022
    Keen On

    J.D. Dickey on the Tormented Rise of Abolition in Andrew Jackson’s America

    By Keen On  March 1, 2022
    So Many Damn Books

    Dana Stevens on Writing a “Zigzagging Biography” of Buster Keaton

    By So Many Damn Books  March 1, 2022
    Keen On

    Alan Judd on One of the Most Fascinating Mysteries of the Elizabethan Age

    By Keen On  February 28, 2022
    Big Table

    Daniel Oppenheimer on Why We Should Read Dave Hickey

    By Big Table  February 28, 2022
    What to Watch

    9 Must-See Liz Taylor Films to Watch on (What Would Have Been) Her 90th Birthday

    By Brenda Janowitz  February 25, 2022
    Physics

    The Real Life and Times of the Scientist Who Inspired Dr. Strangelove

    By Ananyo Bhattacharya  February 23, 2022
    Friendship

    Sarah Weinman on the Not-So-Unlikely Friendship Between Vladimir Nabokov and William F. Buckley, Jr.

    By Sarah Weinman  February 22, 2022
    The History of Literature

    Anna Holmes on the Radical Life of Margaret Wise Brown

    By History of Literature  February 22, 2022
    Big Table

    David Ulin on Joan Didion, California, Counterculture, and the Essay Form

    By Big Table  February 22, 2022
    Film

    How Buster Keaton Became a Cinematic Superstar

    By James Curtis  February 18, 2022
    Craft

    Erik Larson on Finding a New Angle on History

    By Erik Larson  February 18, 2022
    Aristocracy

    The Socialite, Property Developer, and Bigamist Who Had Everyone in 18th Century Europe Talking

    By Catherine Ostler  February 17, 2022
    The Hub

    Jack Kerouac fetishized the white working class almost as much as a NY Times reporter.

    By Jonny Diamond  February 16, 2022
    On Grief

    “Aw, Partners, It’s Been a Bitch.” A Letter from Ken Kesey After His Son’s Death

    By Shaun Usher  February 10, 2022
    Keen On

    Linda Hirshman on How a Printer, a Prophet, and a Contessa Moved a Nation

    By Keen On  February 10, 2022
    Nature Writing

    How Rachel Carson Carved Out a Space to Become a Full-Time Writer

    By James R. Gaines  February 9, 2022
    Close Reading

    Jean Rhys’ Women on the Margins: On the Perpetual Resonance of Voyage in the Dark

    By Imogen Crimp  February 8, 2022
    Keen On

    Larry Miller on His Journey from the Streets to the Boardroom

    By Keen On  February 8, 2022
    Chronic Illness

    On the Hidden Pain of V.C. Andrews, the Woman Behind The Flowers in the Attic

    By Andrew Neiderman  February 3, 2022
    Ancient History

    What Can a Dead Egyptian Pharaoh Teach Us About the Modern World?

    By Christina Riggs  February 3, 2022
    Keen On

    John E. Douglas on the Mind and Crimes of Serial Killer Larry Gene Bell

    By Keen On  February 3, 2022
    Music history

    Why Whitney Houston’s Rendition of the National Anthem Still Matters

    By Gerrick Kennedy  February 2, 2022
    Queer Literature

    Why We Should All Be Reading English Novelist Kay Dick

    By Lucy Scholes  February 1, 2022
    Exploration

    How Antarctic Explorers Kept Themselves Sane on the Voyage

    By Ranulph Fiennes  January 31, 2022
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