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Edmund White: Remembering a Doyen of LGBTQ+ Literature and His Mentorship

Edmund White: Remembering a Doyen of LGBTQ+ Literature and His Mentorship

Michael T. Luongo on the Loss of a Great Writer and Mentor

By Michael T. Luongo | July 11, 2025

“Let Me Tell You What I Love.” Remembering Fanny Howe

“Let Me Tell You What I Love.” Remembering Fanny Howe

On One of America’s Great Poets, Gone at 84

By Nick Ripatrazone | July 10, 2025

Did Shakespeare Write <em>Hamlet</em> While He Was Stoned?

Did Shakespeare Write Hamlet While He Was Stoned?

Sam Kelly Explores the Potential Influence of Cannabis on the Bard’s Prolific Literary Output

By Sam Kelly | July 8, 2025

On Marina Abramović and the Radical Notion of the Third Act

On Marina Abramović and the Radical Notion of the Third Act

Ellen O’Connell Whittet Considers the Long Life of Art

By Ellen O'Connell Whittet | June 25, 2025

Black Finnegan: On William Melvin Kelley, James Joyce, and the Avant-Garde of the Subaltern

Black Finnegan: On William Melvin Kelley, James Joyce, and the Avant-Garde of the Subaltern

Benjamin Hale Remembers His Literary Mentor

By Benjamin Hale | June 23, 2025

“Fidelity to Both Pleasure and Humiliation.” On M.F.K. Fisher’s Feminist Realism

“Fidelity to Both Pleasure and Humiliation.” On M.F.K. Fisher’s Feminist Realism

Klara Feenstra Considers the Legacy of “The Gastronomical Me”

By Klara Feenstra | June 23, 2025

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Art Imitates Life: Who Was the Real Woman Behind André Breton’s <em>Nadja</em>?

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Mark Polizzotti Explores the Cultural Landscape of 1920s Paris Through the Eyes of the Surrealists and Their Muses

By Mark Polizzoti | June 16, 2025

“The Finch Interested Me...” In Memory of Lewis H. Lapham and the Magazine He Founded

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Donovan Hohn Remembers a Mentor

By Donovan Hohn | June 13, 2025

Decline and Fall of the Spinach Kings: On the Wilting of a Family Dynasty

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John Seabrook Explores a History of Wealth, Enterprise, and Family Dysfunction

By John Seabrook | June 11, 2025

The Scientific Detective: How Luis W. Alvarez Pursued Theory Through Practice

The Scientific Detective: How Luis W. Alvarez Pursued Theory Through Practice

Alec Nevala-Lee on the Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist's Experimental Approach to Scientific Inquiry

By Alec Nevala-Lee | June 11, 2025

To Tell The Honest Truth: Why Black Women’s Stories Remain Essential

To Tell The Honest Truth: Why Black Women’s Stories Remain Essential

A’Lelia Bundles on Writing About Her Great-Grandmother, A’Lelia Walker, America's first Black Celebrity Heiress

By A'Lelia Bundles | June 11, 2025

How Charles Sumner Convinced Abraham Lincoln and the Union To Take a Stand Against Slavery

How Charles Sumner Convinced Abraham Lincoln and the Union To Take a Stand Against Slavery

Zaakir Tameez Explores the Domestic and International Dynamics of the Early Days of the Civil War

By Zaakir Tameez | June 11, 2025

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