The Woman Who Ran for President Before Women<br> Could Vote

The Woman Who Ran for President Before Women
Could Vote

Mira Ptacin on the Ambitions of Victoria Woodhull

By Mira Ptacin | February 10, 2021

How James Thomas “Cool Papa” Bell Became a Negro League Superstar

How James Thomas “Cool Papa” Bell Became a Negro League Superstar

Lonnie Wheeler Celebrates One of the Fastest Men Ever to Play Baseball

By Lonnie Wheeler | February 10, 2021

Gossip, Deceit, and Heartbreak in 19th-Century New England

Gossip, Deceit, and Heartbreak in 19th-Century New England

Christine Leigh Heyrman Unpacks an Unlikely Calvinist Love Triangle

By Christine Leigh Heyrman | February 10, 2021

Obstinate Love: In Memory of the Great Ved Mehta

Obstinate Love: In Memory of the Great Ved Mehta

Chaya Bhuvaneswar Remembers the Renowned Writer
and Influential Mentor

By Chaya Bhuvaneswar | February 4, 2021

Remembering the Mothers of Three Iconic Civil Rights Figures

Remembering the Mothers of Three Iconic Civil Rights Figures

Anna Malaika Tubbs on the Historical Contributions of Alberta King, Berdis Baldwin, and Louise Little

By Anna Malaika Tubbs | February 2, 2021

<em>Looking to Get Lost</em> by Peter Guralnick, Read by Jim Meskimen

Looking to Get Lost by Peter Guralnick, Read by Jim Meskimen

Excellent Listening for Music Lovers

By Behind the Mic | February 1, 2021

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Barbara Lee on What Shirley Chisholm Gave America

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Remembering Christa McAuliffe and the Challenger Disaster

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Ladee Hubbard Reflects on the Erasure of Racial Violence, Rather than Its Disavowal

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Patricia Highsmith’s Confessions and Rebellions at Yaddo

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Richard Bradford on Strange Times at the Legendary Writers’ Retreat

By Richard Bradford | January 19, 2021

Yiyun Li on the Brilliance of Bette Howland

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"Howland wrote a book that I thought was impossible to write."

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Karl Ove Knausgaard on the Genius<br> of Ingmar Bergman

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"So the workbooks are where Bergman is boundless."

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On Writing Nora Joyce into Biographical Fiction

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Nuala O’Connor Considers the Interior Life of a Literary Icon

By Nuala O'Connor | January 5, 2021

Where <em>Blues for Mister Charlie</em> Fits into James Baldwin's Oeuvre

Where Blues for Mister Charlie Fits into James Baldwin's Oeuvre

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When Tom Seaver Came Into the Big Leagues He Came in Pitching

When Tom Seaver Came Into the Big Leagues He Came in Pitching

(But That Didn't Stop Lou Brock From Telling Him to Fetch a Coke)

By Bill Madden | December 22, 2020

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