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The Enigma of Delmore Schwartz, the Luminous Poet Who Fell From Grace

The Enigma of Delmore Schwartz, the Luminous Poet Who Fell From Grace

Schwartz's Supporters Compared Him to Eliot, Pound, and Auden

By Ben Mazer | January 17, 2020

John F. Callahan on Ralph Ellison's Two Inviolable Identities

John F. Callahan on Ralph Ellison's Two Inviolable Identities

“To become a true American a white American’s identity
must partake of blackness.”

By John F. Callahan | January 16, 2020

Meet a Bad Man Who Became<br> a Truly Great Spy

Meet a Bad Man Who Became
a Truly Great Spy

Owen Matthews on Richard Sorge, Master of Espionage

By Owen Matthews | December 16, 2019

The Makings of Grace Paley: Writer, Activist, Feminist

The Makings of Grace Paley: Writer, Activist, Feminist

Judith Arcana on the Writer's Upbringing, Marriage, Motherhood, and Career

By Judith Arcana | December 11, 2019

From the Diaries of Helen Garner: The Trials of <br>Daily Life, c. 1979

From the Diaries of Helen Garner: The Trials of
Daily Life, c. 1979

“Memo: do not drink coffee. It engenders baseless optimism about
my powers of creation.”

By Freeman's | December 9, 2019

The Letters of Ralph Ellison: On the Making of a Literary Giant

The Letters of Ralph Ellison: On the Making of a Literary Giant

John F. Callahan Looks at What Decades of Correspondence Can Reveal

By John F. Callahan | December 6, 2019

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

The Unapologetic Politics
of Howard Fast

By Mark Harris | December 6, 2019

Inès Cagnati: The Insider Who Always Felt Like an Outsider

By Liesl Schillinger | December 5, 2019

On the Ambitious Beginnings of China's Influential Soong Sisters

By Jung Chang | December 5, 2019

Elaine Stritch's Never-Ending Search to Get Her Due

Elaine Stritch's Never-Ending Search to Get Her Due

On Alexandra Jacobs' Biography of an Icon Still Here

By Leah Rosenzweig | December 4, 2019

On Brian Doyle's Mystical, Genre-Exploding Work

On Brian Doyle's Mystical, Genre-Exploding Work

David James Duncan Remembers the Late Great Writer
Who Tried to "Stare God in the Eye"

By David James Duncan | December 3, 2019

Maaza Mengiste on Women Pushing to the Front Lines of Conflict

Maaza Mengiste on Women Pushing to the Front Lines of Conflict

The Shadow King Author
on Reading Women

By Reading Women | November 27, 2019

How Ian McKellen Almost Didn't Play Gandalf

How Ian McKellen Almost Didn't Play Gandalf

On the Casting Intrigues Behind The Lord of the Rings (Bowie as Lord Elrond!)

By Garry O'Connor | November 26, 2019

A Family Tree Forever Changed By Disaster

A Family Tree Forever Changed By Disaster

Sarah Abrevaya Stein on the Great Fire of Salonica

By Sarah Abrevaya Stein | November 22, 2019

Announcing the Shortlist for Reading Women's Fiction Award

Announcing the Shortlist for Reading Women's Fiction Award

Jacqueline Woodson, Valeria Luiselli, Miriam Toews, and More

By Reading Women | November 20, 2019

On the Sci-Fi Pioneer Who Brought Math to the Masses

On the Sci-Fi Pioneer Who Brought Math to the Masses

David Lindsay Roberts Considers the Career of E.T. Bell

By David Lindsay Roberts | November 19, 2019

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