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Nothing is Real: Craig Brown on the Slippery Art of Biography

Nothing is Real: Craig Brown on the Slippery Art of Biography

“Biography as a form is necessarily artificial. In the end, all biography is a form of fiction.”

By Craig Brown | January 8, 2023

What to Read Before and After Seeing <em>James Baldwin Abroad</em>

What to Read Before and After Seeing James Baldwin Abroad

Readings on the Life, Works, and Preoccupations of an American Icon

By Literary Hub | January 3, 2023

From Florentine Orphan to French Princess: The Early Years of Catherine de Medici

From Florentine Orphan to French Princess: The Early Years of Catherine de Medici

Estelle Paranque on a Tumultuous Childhood and a High-Stakes Betrothal

By Estelle Paranque | December 22, 2022

“I Am Here to Mourn a Writer Who Has Become Part of My Personal Canon.” On the Short Stories of Naira Kuzmich

“I Am Here to Mourn a Writer Who Has Become Part of My Personal Canon.” On the Short Stories of Naira Kuzmich

Aram Mrjoian Remembers the Author of In Everything I See Your Hand

By Aram Mrjoian | December 22, 2022

Hervé Tullet Reflects on a Career of Creating Creatively Unconventional Children’s Literature

Hervé Tullet Reflects on a Career of Creating Creatively Unconventional Children’s Literature

"Like in a publicity stunt, the strength of the image gives all the explanation necessary."

By Hervé Tullet | December 21, 2022

Literary Fanmail: The Letters of Harold Bloom and James Merrill

Literary Fanmail: The Letters of Harold Bloom and James Merrill

Heather Cass White Unearths the Correspondence Between a Poet and His Faithful Reader

By Heather Cass White | December 20, 2022

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What a Young, Aspiring John Singer Sargent Learned From the Beauty of Florence

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How a Group of Intellectual Outcasts Broke Barriers in Early 20th-Century London

How a Group of Intellectual Outcasts Broke Barriers in Early 20th-Century London

Nino Strachey on the Revolutionary Found Family of the Bloomsbury Group

By Nino Strachey | December 15, 2022

Dora Diamant, the Amazing Woman Who Captured Kafka’s Heart

Dora Diamant, the Amazing Woman Who Captured Kafka’s Heart

Kathi Diamant on the New Season of Authors in the Tent

By The Virtual Book Channel | December 15, 2022

Notable Literary Deaths in 2022

Notable Literary Deaths in 2022

An Incomplete List of the Writers, Editors, and Great Literary Minds We Lost This Year

By Emily Temple | December 14, 2022

“The Song Found Me.” An Oral History of Roberta Flack’s “Killing Me Softly”

“The Song Found Me.” An Oral History of Roberta Flack’s “Killing Me Softly”

Roberta Flack, Charles Fox, and Lori Lieberman Discuss the Genesis of an Iconic Song

By Marc Myers | December 14, 2022

How Paul McCartney Dispelled the Myth of His Own Death

How Paul McCartney Dispelled the Myth of His Own Death

Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair on One Beatle’s Reaction to the Band’s Impending Breakup

By Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair | December 13, 2022

How Hollywood Made J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI Into the Mythical “G-Men”

How Hollywood Made J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI Into the Mythical “G-Men”

On the PR Campaign That Changed the Modern FBI

By Beverly Gage | December 12, 2022

What to Read Before and After <em>The Adventures of Saul Bellow</em>

What to Read Before and After The Adventures of Saul Bellow

Readings on the Life and Works of a Literary Icon

By Literary Hub | December 9, 2022

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