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“He wanted to write, to give himself over to pure leisure, to the search.”

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How Sissieretta Jones, Celebrated Black Opera Singer, Enshrined Her Own Story

How Sissieretta Jones, Celebrated Black Opera Singer, Enshrined Her Own Story

Rosalyn Story on Discovering Jones' Personal Scrapbook

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What <em>Julia</em>—HBO’s New Julia Child Series—Gets Terribly Wrong About Legendary Editor Judith Jones

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Sara Franklin on the Stark Boundaries Between Myth and Reality

By Sara B. Franklin | April 27, 2022

On the Disappearing of Joan Vollmer Burroughs

On the Disappearing of Joan Vollmer Burroughs

Katie Bennett Measures the Emotional Toll of Writing a Feminist Recovery Story

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Illustrating Patricia Highsmith’s Literary Career

Illustrating Patricia Highsmith’s Literary Career

From Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer’s Graphic Novel

By Grace Ellis and Hannah Temper | April 25, 2022

How To Write History While It’s Happening: Lessons From Tacitus

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Richard Cohen on the Enduring Influence of One of Ancient Rome’s Most Famous Historians

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

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Michael Meyer on the Sources of Benjamin Franklin’s Altruism

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