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The Wife of "Italy's George Washington" Was a Radical in Her Own Right

Anita Garibaldi Was More Than a Political Spouse

By Diana Giovinazzo | August 26, 2020

On the Similarities (and Differences) Between Donald Trump and Teddy Roosevelt

On the Similarities (and Differences) Between Donald Trump and Teddy Roosevelt

David Gessner in Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On

By Keen On | August 21, 2020

Want to throw a wrench in your reading habit? Read the fantastical life of a saint.

Want to throw a wrench in your reading habit? Read the fantastical life of a saint.

By Aaron Robertson | August 20, 2020

On Mary King Ward, 19th-Century Celebrity Scientist

On Mary King Ward, 19th-Century Celebrity Scientist

(Who Also Happens to be the First Person to Die From a Car Accident)

By Emily Willingham | August 14, 2020

John Giorno: Fighting the Battle of Gay Liberation in a Homophobic World

John Giorno: Fighting the Battle of Gay Liberation in a Homophobic World

Mark Dery on Great Demon Kings, the Memoir of an Icon

By Mark Dery | August 14, 2020

Nathalie Sarraute: Between Genders and Genres

Nathalie Sarraute: Between Genders and Genres

Ann Jefferson on the Author's Early Tropisms

By Ann Jefferson | August 13, 2020

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Reading the First Drafts of
Anna Karenina

By Bob Blaisdell | August 6, 2020

On the Unique Artistic Sensibility of Magda Nachman

By Lina Bernstein | July 29, 2020

The Vow James Baldwin Made to Young Civil Rights Activists

By Eddie S. Glaude Jr. | July 28, 2020

My Mother and 'Culture': <br>A Love Story

My Mother and 'Culture':
A Love Story

Playwright David Adjmi on His Mother's Influence

By David Adjmi | July 28, 2020

The Dangerous and Untold Story of Paparazzi Work

The Dangerous and Untold Story of Paparazzi Work

Featuring the Further Abuses of Donald Trump

By Vanessa Diaz | July 24, 2020

Remembering Chris Dickey, Writer, Friend, and Truly Great Editor

Remembering Chris Dickey, Writer, Friend, and Truly Great Editor

Will Cathcart on the Life and Times of a Beloved Journalist

By Will Cathcart | July 24, 2020

On Exploiting the Labor of a Dear Friend, Who is Also a Poet

On Exploiting the Labor of a Dear Friend, Who is Also a Poet

Rebecca Wolff on Publishing the Poetry of Catherine Wagner

By Rebecca Wolff | July 23, 2020

Remembering Australian Novelist Elizabeth Harrower

Remembering Australian Novelist Elizabeth Harrower

you'll have to go home."">"Like any holiday, it comes to an end. You know
you'll have to go home."

By Michael Heyward | July 22, 2020

The Tenacious Constancy of<br> <em>The Merchant of Prato</em>

The Tenacious Constancy of
The Merchant of Prato

Charles Nicholl on Iris Origo and Her "Modern Classic"

By Charles Nicholl | July 20, 2020

In His Life and Writing, Robert D. Richardson Was Precise and Compassionate

In His Life and Writing, Robert D. Richardson Was Precise and Compassionate

Megan Marshall on the Great Thoreau and Emerson Biographer

By Megan Marshall | July 10, 2020

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