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The Births and Deaths of Kathy Acker

The Births and Deaths of Kathy Acker

How a Literary Icon Remixed Identity Again and Again

By Douglas A. Martin | November 30, 2017

How David Bowie Made Life Less Suffocating for Young Queer People

How David Bowie Made Life Less Suffocating for Young Queer People

"He Was Like a Gift from the Gods"

By Darryl W. Bullock | November 28, 2017

Latin America’s Answer to Karl Ove Knausgaard

Latin America’s Answer to Karl Ove Knausgaard

On Ricardo Piglia and His Alter Ego, Emilio Renzi

By Ilan Stavans | November 14, 2017

A Holy Terror, A Common Scold, and the First Feminist Blogger

A Holy Terror, A Common Scold, and the First Feminist Blogger

On the Trial of Anne Royall, Godmother to the Muckrakers

By Jeff Biggers | November 10, 2017

<em>The Autobiography of Gucci Mane</em> Sets a New High for the Celebrity Memoir

The Autobiography of Gucci Mane Sets a New High for the Celebrity Memoir

So Why isn't the Literary World Paying Attention?

By Katie Fustich | November 8, 2017

The Ugandan Reporter Shedding Light on the Lives of Missing Children

The Ugandan Reporter Shedding Light on the Lives of Missing Children

How Gladys Kalibbala Found her Journalistic Calling

By Jessica Yu | November 8, 2017

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The Women Who Shaped Vladimir Lenin

By Victor Sebestyen | November 7, 2017

Muhammad Ali, Author of "The Greatest Book of All Time"?

By Jonathan Eig | November 1, 2017

When the French Invaded Hanoi, My Brothers Stayed Behind

By Mai Elliott | October 20, 2017

The Interview that Became Henry Kissinger's

The Interview that Became Henry Kissinger's "Most Disastrous Decision"

How Oriana Fallaci Became the Most Feared Political Interviewer in the World

By Cristina De Stefano | October 20, 2017

My 12-Hour Lunch Date with Joni Mitchell

My 12-Hour Lunch Date with Joni Mitchell

David Yaffe on Trying to Keep Up with an Icon

By David Yaffe | October 18, 2017

Mark Twain, Cocaine Kingpin?

Mark Twain, Cocaine Kingpin?

"I never was great in matters of detail"

By Alan Pell Crawford | October 16, 2017

Herbert Hoover, Frustrated Playwright

Herbert Hoover, Frustrated Playwright

How He Sought to Bring the Figure of the Mining Engineer to the Stage

By Kenneth Whyte | October 11, 2017

Louisa May Alcott: A Difficult Woman Who Got Things Done

Louisa May Alcott: A Difficult Woman Who Got Things Done

On Writing the Alcott Sisters, in All Their Complexity

By Elise Hooper | September 25, 2017

Writing Bellow's Biography While He Was Still Alive

Writing Bellow's Biography While He Was Still Alive

James Atlas on the Dangers of Befriending Your Subject

By James Atlas | September 20, 2017

The German-Jewish Refugees Who Created <em>Curious George</em>

The German-Jewish Refugees Who Created Curious George

"Theirs Was a Life of Exile and, Thereafter, Self-Invention"

By Nicholas Delbanco | September 15, 2017

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