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All About Basket: A Letter from Gertrude Stein About Her Beloved Dog

All About Basket: A Letter from Gertrude Stein About Her Beloved Dog

“In short he is a happy fool, and a great comfort, and some day you will meet.”

By Shaun Usher | November 2, 2021

The Best New Nonfiction to Read This November

The Best New Nonfiction to Read This November

From Ski Bums to Jazz Age Madams to Postwar Bohemians

By Literary Hub | November 1, 2021

Paul Auster on One of the Most Astonishing War Stories in American Literature

Paul Auster on One of the Most Astonishing War Stories in American Literature

Considering the Dark Horrors of Stephen Crane’s “An Episode of War”

By Paul Auster | November 1, 2021

Breaking Through the Self-Mythologizing of the Male Artist as a Woman Biographer

Breaking Through the Self-Mythologizing of the Male Artist as a Woman Biographer

Gabrielle Selz on Sam Francis and the Boy’s Club of the Art World

By Gabrielle Selz | October 28, 2021

“We Were Alive and Life Was Us.” How Ken Kesey Created LSD Subculture

“We Were Alive and Life Was Us.” How Ken Kesey Created LSD Subculture

Kevin Boyle on the Wild Life and Times of a Great American Iconoclast

By Kevin Boyle | October 27, 2021

Here Are the Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of October

Here Are the Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of October

Featuring W.G. Sebald, Billy Porter, Oscar Wilde, and More

By Book Marks | October 27, 2021

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Terry Tempest Williams on the Loves (and Appetites) of the Great Jim Harrison

By Terry Tempest Williams | October 26, 2021

Charlotte Cushman: Radical Feminist, Actress, Patron of the Arts

By Tana Wojczuk | October 25, 2021

Why Samuel L. Jackson Was Expelled From Morehouse College

By Gavin Edwards | October 22, 2021

Can You Guess These Famous Writers Based on Their Very First Author Bios?

Can You Guess These Famous Writers Based on Their Very First Author Bios?

Everyone Has to Start Somewhere

By Emily Temple | October 20, 2021

How the TV Adaptation of Alex Haley’s <em>Roots</em> Sparked a Cultural Awakening

How the TV Adaptation of Alex Haley’s Roots Sparked a Cultural Awakening

Wil Haygood on the History of Black Life on Screen

By Wil Haygood | October 20, 2021

On Finding the Book That Returns You to Your Body

On Finding the Book That Returns You to Your Body

Dodie Bellamy Reads Paula Modersohn-Becker

By Dodie Bellamy | October 20, 2021

Rebecca Solnit on the Myriad Meanings of the Rose

Rebecca Solnit on the Myriad Meanings of the Rose

“Flowers are powerful, and all human beings lead lives intertwined with them.”

By Rebecca Solnit | October 19, 2021

How Suzanne Valadon Reclaimed Her Image By Painting Herself Naked

How Suzanne Valadon Reclaimed Her Image By Painting Herself Naked

Jennifer Higgie on the Remarkable Life of a 19th-Century Model-Turned-Artist

By Jennifer Higgie | October 15, 2021

“You Only Write if You Have To.“ On W.G. Sebald’s Life and Work

“You Only Write if You Have To.“ On W.G. Sebald’s Life and Work

Carole Angier Considers How History Shaped Sebald as a Writer

By Carole Angier | October 14, 2021

The Unearthly Glamour of Swans: On the Origins of Truman Capote’s Unpublished, Scathing Roman à Clef

The Unearthly Glamour of Swans: On the Origins of Truman Capote’s Unpublished, Scathing Roman à Clef

Laurence Leamer Looks at Capote’s Fascination with Fabulously Rich Women

By Laurence Leamer | October 13, 2021

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