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Out From the Shadows: On Rediscovering Mary Shelley’s Half-Sister, Fanny Imlay

Out From the Shadows: On Rediscovering Mary Shelley’s Half-Sister, Fanny Imlay

Jupiter Jones Explores the Life of a Remarkable Woman Forgotten by History

By Jupiter Jones | June 5, 2026

Marjane Satrapi, author of <em> Persepolis, </em> has died at 58.

Marjane Satrapi, author of Persepolis, has died at 58.

By Brittany Allen | June 4, 2026

Why the internet is re-litigating Belle Burden’s divorce.

Why the internet is re-litigating Belle Burden’s divorce.

By Brittany Allen | May 28, 2026

Marilyn Monroe Was a Voracious Reader, Despite Her Near-Debilitating Imposter Syndrome

Marilyn Monroe Was a Voracious Reader, Despite Her Near-Debilitating Imposter Syndrome

Gail Crowther on the Literary Life of a Pop Culture Icon

By Gail Crowther | May 26, 2026

On Indigenous Rebellion as a Precursor to the American Revolution

On Indigenous Rebellion as a Precursor to the American Revolution

Sarah M.S. Pearsall Discusses the Bloody History of Pontiac‘s War

By Sarah M. S. Pearsall | May 26, 2026

The Helter-Skelter History of the Manson Murders

The Helter-Skelter History of the Manson Murders

Claudia Verhoeven on the Convoluted Notions of Time in the Manson Family

By Claudia Verhoeven | May 26, 2026

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This Week in Literary History: James Joyce and Marcel Proust Meet for the First (and Only) Time

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Who Are You Stacey Levine? What Happens When a “Deeply Weird,” (Very) Small Press Novel is a Pulitzer Finalist

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Max Pearl Gets to Know the Author of Mice 1961

By Max Pearl | May 15, 2026

On the Road to Canterbury Reading Dan Simmons Sci-Fi Adaptation of Chaucer’s Classic

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Adrian McKinty Searches For Fellow Pilgrims, a Copy of Hyperion in His Pack

By Adrian McKinty | May 15, 2026

The Turk and The Whore, America’s First Reality TV Couple (c. 1630)

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Alan Mikhail on the Early Origins of the American Family Who Settled in What We Now Know as New York

By Alan Mikhail | May 14, 2026

When Biography Goes Delulu: Writing the Life of Superstar Astrologer Linda Goodman

When Biography Goes Delulu: Writing the Life of Superstar Astrologer Linda Goodman

“The hazy, contradictory landscape of Goodman’s life was the truth of her existence.”

By Courtney Ann LaFaive | May 13, 2026

On the Early—and Unlikely Friendship—of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

On the Early—and Unlikely Friendship—of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

Jim Rasenberger Considers the Early Congressional Alliance of the Revolutionary War

By Jim Rasenberger | May 13, 2026

On the Death of Branwell Brontë and the Shadow of Grief It Cast Upon His Literary Family

On the Death of Branwell Brontë and the Shadow of Grief It Cast Upon His Literary Family

Deborah Lutz Considers the Impact of a Brother’s Absence

By Deborah Lutz | May 12, 2026

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