Francine Prose on Her Encounters with the Literary Strange

Francine Prose on Her Encounters with the Literary Strange

Francine Prose Reads Bolaño, Erpenbeck, Tutuola, and More

By Francine Prose | November 29, 2021

The Last Essay I Need to Write about David Foster Wallace

The Last Essay I Need to Write about David Foster Wallace

Mary K. Holland on Closing the “Open Question” of Wallace’s Misogyny

By Mary K. Holland | November 29, 2021

On the Life of Belle da Costa Greene, Visionary Librarian and Democratizer of Museums

On the Life of Belle da Costa Greene, Visionary Librarian and Democratizer of Museums

Victoria Christopher Murray and Marie Benedict Guest on Book Dreams

By Book Dreams | November 29, 2021

On Eliza Haywood’s Explorations of Gender Politics and Sexual Passion

On Eliza Haywood’s Explorations of Gender Politics and Sexual Passion

From the History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | November 29, 2021

We Shall Overcome: John Lewis on the Symbolism of the Edmund Pettus Bridge and the Urgency of the Civil Rights Movement

We Shall Overcome: John Lewis on the Symbolism of the Edmund Pettus Bridge and the Urgency of the Civil Rights Movement

The Late Activist and Congressman in Conversation with C-SPAN's Brian Lamb

By John Lewis | November 24, 2021

Revisiting Hunter S. Thompson’s Weird, Brief Stint as a Local Sports Editor

Revisiting Hunter S. Thompson’s Weird, Brief Stint as a Local Sports Editor

On The Jersey Shore Herald’s Most Famous Reporter

By David S. Wills | November 23, 2021

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Kati Marton on the Transformative Power of Angela Merkel

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Kevin Birmingham on How Dostoevsky Came to Write <em>Crime and Punishment</em>

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In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

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How Picasso Built the Foundation for the Surrealist Movement

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John Richardson on the Famed Painter's Friendships with Surrealist Writers and Artists

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How Elizabeth Hardwick Spent Her “Starving Artist” Years in the Big City

How Elizabeth Hardwick Spent Her “Starving Artist” Years in the Big City

Cathy Curtis on the Author of Sleepless Nights Leaving School

By Cathy Curtis | November 16, 2021

Dostoevsky totally did NaNoWriMo.

Dostoevsky totally did NaNoWriMo.

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The True Story of Pearl Hart, Straight-Shooting, Poetry-Writing Woman Bandit

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John Boessenecker on the Most Infamous Woman in America, Circa 1899

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