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Is Shakespeare the Ultimate Dead White Male?

Is Shakespeare the Ultimate Dead White Male?

James Shapiro on the Read Smart Podcast, Presented by the Baillie Gifford Prize

By Read Smart | June 6, 2023

Erotic Writer and Eponym of Sadism: How Marquis de Sade Became the Scandalizing Writer He Was

Erotic Writer and Eponym of Sadism: How Marquis de Sade Became the Scandalizing Writer He Was

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By History of Literature | June 5, 2023

The Booker Revisited: Why Everyone Should Read <em>The Bay of Noon</em> by Shirley Hazzard

The Booker Revisited: Why Everyone Should Read The Bay of Noon by Shirley Hazzard

Lucy Scholes Reads Booker Prize Titles of Years Past

By Lucy Scholes | June 2, 2023

The Lesser-Known Novel of the 1950s That Presaged Queer Liberation

The Lesser-Known Novel of the 1950s That Presaged Queer Liberation

Cat Sebastian on the Unexpected Power of Mary Renault’s The Charioteer

By Cat Sebastian | June 1, 2023

From the Ashes of Failure: On Cary Grant, Crop Dusters, and Character Arcs

From the Ashes of Failure: On Cary Grant, Crop Dusters, and Character Arcs

Meg Shaffer Considers How Hitchcock Needed North by Northwest to Be a Hit

By Meg Shaffer | June 1, 2023

The world pays respect to Ama Ata Aidoo, Ghana’s late author-playwright.

The world pays respect to Ama Ata Aidoo, Ghana’s late author-playwright.

By Janet Manley | May 31, 2023

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Queer History Detective: On the Power of Uncovering Stories from the Past

Queer History Detective: On the Power of Uncovering Stories from the Past

Amelia Possanza Researches the Mysteries of the Queer Writer Mary Casal and Other Long-Hidden LGBTQ Lives

By Amelia Possanza | May 30, 2023

Luis Alberto Urrea on Creating Fiction From Family History

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From Rarefied to Beloved: The Path from Molly Ivins to Joan Didion

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Brooke Kroeger Traces the Rise of Journalism's Star Female Reporters

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25 Nonfiction Books You Need to Read This Summer

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The Time Arthur Conan Doyle Got Pranked So Hard He Claimed Fairies Exist

The Time Arthur Conan Doyle Got Pranked So Hard He Claimed Fairies Exist

Katie Spalding Regrets To Inform You That The Sherlock Author Made an Elementary Mistake

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On the Black and White Paroxysms of Augustine Gleizes, Celebrity Patient

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Emily Wells Considers Chronic Illness, Femininity, and the Male Medical Gaze

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Doubting Shakespeare’s Identity Isn’t a Conspiracy Theory

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