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How Truman Capote Was Destroyed by His Own Masterpiece

How Truman Capote Was Destroyed by His Own Masterpiece

Inside a New Volume Reproducing the Original Manuscript
of In Cold Blood

By Ebs Burnough | July 10, 2023

Women on the Verge: The Jazz Age Origins of Burnout

Women on the Verge: The Jazz Age Origins of Burnout

Marsha Gordon on Ursula Parrott’s Ambitious Women

By Marsha Gordon | July 5, 2023

Jesse Kavadlo Puts Don DeLillo into Context

Jesse Kavadlo Puts Don DeLillo into Context

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | July 5, 2023

10 Nonfiction Books to Read This July

10 Nonfiction Books to Read This July

John McPhee, Terrance Hayes, Richard Wagamese, and More

By Jonny Diamond | June 30, 2023

The Making of a Bad Woman (2,000 Years Ago)

The Making of a Bad Woman (2,000 Years Ago)

Honor Cargill-Martin on the Historical Construction of the Scandalous Roman Empress Messalina

By Honor Cargill-Martin | June 29, 2023

Ada Calhoun on Writing About Greatness and Failure

The Author of Also a Poet in Conversation with Roxanne Coady on Just the Right Book

By Just the Right Book | June 29, 2023

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How Queen Elizabeth I Remembered and Honored Her Mother, Anne Boleyn

By Tracy Borman | June 28, 2023

Henry David Thoreau Was Funnier Than You Think, Particularly on the Subject of Work

By John Kaag and Jonathan van Belle | June 26, 2023

Jackson Lears on the American Pursuit of Vitality From Walt Whitman to Donald Trump

By Keen On | June 26, 2023

More Than A Children’s Story: <em>The Velveteen Rabbit</em> At 100

More Than A Children’s Story: The Velveteen Rabbit At 100

Lisa Rowe Fraustino on the Enduring Relevance of Margery Williams’s Most Famous Book

By Lisa Rowe Fraustino | June 23, 2023

How Audrey Clare Farley Rewrote the Story of the Genain Quadruplets

How Audrey Clare Farley Rewrote the Story of the Genain Quadruplets

The Author of Girls and Their Monsters On the Oft-Exploited History of the Morlok Sisters

By Audrey Clare Farley | June 22, 2023

“Born in Sin.” Patrick Radden Keefe Talks Narrative Nonfiction

“Born in Sin.” Patrick Radden Keefe Talks Narrative Nonfiction

In Conversation with Toby Mundy on the Read Smart Podcast

By Read Smart | June 20, 2023

"A Race Problem." Jolene Hubbs on Class, Whiteness, and Southern Literature

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | June 20, 2023

Happy Bloomsday! Turn off your wifi and read some Joyce.

Happy Bloomsday! Turn off your wifi and read some Joyce.

By Jonny Diamond | June 16, 2023

Santi Elijah Holley on the Shakurs: From the Black Panthers to Tupac

Santi Elijah Holley on the Shakurs: From the Black Panthers to Tupac

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 14, 2023

Literary Friends to Enemies: Why Graham Greene Hated Anthony Burgess

Literary Friends to Enemies: Why Graham Greene Hated Anthony Burgess

Michael Mewshaw on the Animosity Between Two Giants of 20th-Century British Literature

By Michael Mewshaw | June 9, 2023

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