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The NYPL has acquired Tom Verlaine’s archive. Which other rock stars live on at the library?

The NYPL has acquired Tom Verlaine’s archive. Which other rock stars live on at the library?

By Brittany Allen | January 22, 2026

How America’s First Nonbinary Minister Created True Equality in the Newly Born United States

How America’s First Nonbinary Minister Created True Equality in the Newly Born United States

Nina Sankovitch on “Universal Friend,” the Genderless Messenger of God Who Aimed to Save Lost Souls and Preach Universal Salvation

By Nina Sankovitch | January 21, 2026

One Legend to Another: When Jackie Robinson Testifed Against Paul Robeson in Congress

One Legend to Another: When Jackie Robinson Testifed Against Paul Robeson in Congress

Howard Bryant on Black Leadership and Interracial Heroism
During the Cold War

By Howard Bryant | January 21, 2026

Visiting the Old Country by Way of Kew Gardens, Queens

Visiting the Old Country by Way of Kew Gardens, Queens

Jane Ziegelman Remembers Dinners at Her Grandmother’s

By Jane Ziegelman | January 20, 2026

What to read next if <em>Blue Moon</em> was your favorite movie of 2025.

What to read next if Blue Moon was your favorite movie of 2025.

By Brittany Allen | January 15, 2026

The Church of David Bowie

The Church of David Bowie

Peter Ormerod on the Rock Godliness of Ziggy Stardust

By Peter Ormerod | January 15, 2026

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Truman Capote, Bennett Cerf, and the Making of In Cold Blood

By Gayle Feldman | January 12, 2026

Virginia Faulkner: Writer, Editor and... Ghostwriter?

By Brad Bigelow | January 7, 2026

Virginia Woolf Thought Katharine Mansfield Stank Like a “Civet Cat Taken to Streetwalking”

By Gerri Kimber | December 17, 2025

Remembering DéLana R.A. Dameron

Remembering DéLana R.A. Dameron

Poet, Novelist, Equestrian, Community Builder, Philanthropist

By Imani Perry, Raina León, Garlia Cornelia Jones | December 17, 2025

How Jane Austen’s Family Nurtured Her Early Literary Endeavors

How Jane Austen’s Family Nurtured Her Early Literary Endeavors

Kate Evans Considers the Social and Economic Factors That Contributed to the Writer’s Creative Development

By Kate Evans | December 17, 2025

Take a Literary Pilgrimage to Jane Austen’s England

Take a Literary Pilgrimage to Jane Austen’s England

Elizabeth Kaye Cook and Melanie Jennings on the Charms of Bibliocentric Travel

By Elizabeth Kaye Cook and Melanie Jennings | December 16, 2025

The Groundbreaking Political Legacy of Theodore Roosevelt

The Groundbreaking Political Legacy of Theodore Roosevelt

David S. Brown on Roosevelt’s Popularity, Charisma, and Progressive Politics

By David S. Brown | December 16, 2025

How Sam Shepard Became the Star Playwright of New York’s Counterculture

How Sam Shepard Became the Star Playwright of New York’s Counterculture

Robert M. Dowling on the Early Years of a Genius of Avant-Garde American Drama

By Robert M. Dowling | December 12, 2025

Want to start a literary magazine? The original <em> Paris Review </em> offices are for sale.

Want to start a literary magazine? The original Paris Review offices are for sale.

By Brittany Allen | December 11, 2025

“Open Me Carefully.” Emily Dickinson’s Intimate Letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson

“Open Me Carefully.” Emily Dickinson’s Intimate Letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson

A Look Inside the Poet’s Personal Life and the Making of Her Mythical Reclusiveness

By Chronicle Books | December 11, 2025

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