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The Wild, Impassioned World of Anaïs Nin's Diaries

The Wild, Impassioned World of Anaïs Nin's Diaries

Revolutionary Writing That Bridged the Public and Private

By Kim Krizan | November 8, 2019

Hans Fallada, the Anti-Nazi Writer Who Reluctantly Served the Reich

Hans Fallada, the Anti-Nazi Writer Who Reluctantly Served the Reich

When You Live in Interesting Times, Nothing is Apolitical

By Geoff Wilkes | November 8, 2019

Announcing the Shortlist for Reading Women's Nonfiction Award

Announcing the Shortlist for Reading Women's Nonfiction Award

Mira Jacob, T Kira Madden, Jennine Capó Crucet, and More

By Reading Women | November 6, 2019

Nancy Pelosi on Looking to Eleanor Roosevelt for Hope

Nancy Pelosi on Looking to Eleanor Roosevelt for Hope

"We all could use Roosevelt’s wisdom, every day."

By Nancy Pelosi | November 5, 2019

On Reconfiguring the Modernist Flaneur and Writing in a<br> Post-Truth Age

On Reconfiguring the Modernist Flaneur and Writing in a
Post-Truth Age

Jana Prikryl and Joanna Kavenna in Conversation

By Joanna Kavenna | October 25, 2019

The Gloriously Understated Career of Elaine Stritch

The Gloriously Understated Career of Elaine Stritch

She Who Pulled No Punches, Ever

By Alexandra Jacobs | October 22, 2019

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Alejandro Zambra on One of the Great Diarists of the 20th Century

By Alejandro Zambra | October 22, 2019

The Trial of Harry Houdini

By Joe Posnanski | October 22, 2019

Murder in Paradise: The Tale of the Baroness and the Bohemians

By Mars van Grunsven | October 18, 2019

How Beth Brant Uplifted the Voices of Native American Queer Women

How Beth Brant Uplifted the Voices of Native American Queer Women

On Taking a More Inclusive Approach to Indigenous Writing

By Janice Gould | October 18, 2019

A Friendship in Letters: <br> Flannery O'Connor and Katherine Anne Porter

A Friendship in Letters:
Flannery O'Connor and Katherine Anne Porter

Talk of Peacocks, Easter, and Porter's Ship of Fools

By Benjamin B. Alexander | October 16, 2019

On the Groundbreaking Documentary That Brought the Birthplace of Chicago Blues Alive

On the Groundbreaking Documentary That Brought the Birthplace of Chicago Blues Alive

It Wouldn't Have Been Possible Without “Guitar King” Michael Bloomfield

By David Dann | October 16, 2019

The Impossibility of Capturing Truth in a Biography

The Impossibility of Capturing Truth in a Biography

Iris Origo on Why We Try Anyway

By Iris Origo | October 15, 2019

Rumi Priestly Poet of Love <em>and</em> Master of the One Liner

Rumi Priestly Poet of Love and Master of the One Liner

Brad Gooch on One of the World's Great Poets

By Brad Gooch | October 10, 2019

In Nazism, Joseph Roth Saw the End of Europe’s Cosmopolitan Dream

In Nazism, Joseph Roth Saw the End of Europe’s Cosmopolitan Dream

Morten Høi Jensen on the Devastation of an Idea

By Morten Høi Jensen | October 7, 2019

Tracing the Family Legacy From My Suffragette Grandmothers

Tracing the Family Legacy From My Suffragette Grandmothers

Adele Logan Alexander on Researching Her Mixed Heritage

By Adele Logan Alexander | October 7, 2019

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