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John Keats on Film: Considering Jane Campion’s Exquisitely Rendered <em>Bright Star</em>

John Keats on Film: Considering Jane Campion’s Exquisitely Rendered Bright Star

Lucasta Miller Investigates the Limits and Possibilities of Literary Biopics

By Lucasta Miller | April 21, 2022

Imagining the Lives of the Aviators Who Inspired William Faulkner

Imagining the Lives of the Aviators Who Inspired William Faulkner

Taylor Brown on Looking to the Past (Which Isn't Even Past)

By Taylor Brown | April 21, 2022

The Chairman Had No Rhythm: What It Meant to Dance with Mao Zedong

The Chairman Had No Rhythm: What It Meant to Dance with Mao Zedong

Vanessa Hua Follows Echoes of History Around the Dance Floor

By Vanessa Hua | April 20, 2022

An Inside Look at Judith Jones’ First Notes for Julia Child

An Inside Look at Judith Jones’ First Notes for Julia Child

From the Language of Cooking to Troubles with the Omelette

By Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz | April 19, 2022

Linda H. Davis on the Literary Fame and Notorious Exploits of Stephen Crane

Linda H. Davis on the Literary Fame and Notorious Exploits of Stephen Crane

This Week on The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | April 18, 2022

How a Founding Father Helped Create Modern American Philanthropy

How a Founding Father Helped Create Modern American Philanthropy

Michael Meyer on the Sources of Benjamin Franklin’s Altruism

By Michael Meyer | April 15, 2022

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Learning from the Work Muriel Rukeyser Left Unfinished

By Rowena Kennedy-Epstein | April 14, 2022

On the Creative Partnership of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes

By History of Literature | April 11, 2022

When Joan Rivers (Finally) Got Her Big Break

By Shawn Levy | April 8, 2022

Writer on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown: The Time Philip Roth Lied to Me

Writer on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown: The Time Philip Roth Lied to Me

Barbara Shulgasser-Parker Illuminates the Perverse Side to the Famed Writer

By Barbara Shulgasser-Parker | April 7, 2022

It’s Time to Reframe the Legacy of 70s Screenwriter Carole Eastman

It’s Time to Reframe the Legacy of 70s Screenwriter Carole Eastman

Chris Stanton on the Easy-to-Mythologize Reclusive Perfectionist

By Chris Stanton | April 7, 2022

The Fugitive Who Conned His Way Into the Footsteps of Alexander the Great—and the Quest for His Lost Cities

The Fugitive Who Conned His Way Into the Footsteps of Alexander the Great—and the Quest for His Lost Cities

Edmund Richardson on One Man’s Search for a Lost City

By Edmund Richardson | April 5, 2022

How Langston Hughes Has Influenced Generations of South African Writers

How Langston Hughes Has Influenced Generations of South African Writers

C.A. Davids on the Elusive Poet’s Connection to African Literature, Past and Present

By C. A. Davids | April 1, 2022

On the “Secret” Wedding of Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier

On the “Secret” Wedding of Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier

Or, When the Prude, the Filmmaker, and the Lovers Roadtripped to Santa Barbara

By Stephen Galloway | March 31, 2022

Anton Chekhov’s Beloved Summer Home in Ukraine is Under Threat

Anton Chekhov’s Beloved Summer Home in Ukraine is Under Threat

Alison Anderson on an Important Cultural Landmark

By Alison Anderson | March 29, 2022

The Tumultuous Marriage of the American “Empress of Journalism” and Oscar Wilde’s Feckless Brother

The Tumultuous Marriage of the American “Empress of Journalism” and Oscar Wilde’s Feckless Brother

Betsy Prioleau on the Unblissful Union Between Miriam Leslie and Willie Wilde

By Betsy Prioleau | March 29, 2022

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