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The Treacherous Start to Mary and Percy Shelley's Marriage

The Treacherous Start to Mary and Percy Shelley's Marriage

Anxious, Impatient, and Seasick While Sailing Through a Storm

By Fiona Sampson | May 31, 2018

Where Hemingway Went to Write, After Partying in Venice

Where Hemingway Went to Write, After Partying in Venice

We Could All Use a Quiet, Rustic Island...

By Andrea Di Robilant | May 29, 2018

On the Boyhood Classmates Who Drove Proust to Write

On the Boyhood Classmates Who Drove Proust to Write

First He Was Transfixed, Then He Was... Disappointed

By Caroline Weber | May 24, 2018

Chasing an Impossible Storm

Chasing an Impossible Storm

Legendary Tornado Chaser Tim Samaras's Last Ride

By Brantley Hargrove | May 23, 2018

On Soseki's Bitingly Critical Novel, <em>I Am a Cat</em>

On Soseki's Bitingly Critical Novel, I Am a Cat

A Comic Evocation of the Author's Deep Pessimism about His Own Humanity

By John Nathan | May 16, 2018

How a Christmas Present Gave Harper Lee the Time to Write <em>To Kill a Mockingbird</em>

How a Christmas Present Gave Harper Lee the Time to Write To Kill a Mockingbird

On the Origins of an American Classic

By Joseph Crespino | May 8, 2018

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How Louisa May Alcott's Mother Encouraged Her Early Writing

By Gardner McFall | March 23, 2018

Alain Locke's Controversial Vision of a

Alain Locke's Controversial Vision of a "Negro Renaissance"

On the Fallout from His Battle Against Entrenched Paternalism

By Jeffrey C. Stewart | March 16, 2018

How I Ended Up Writing the Legendary Paul Robeson's Biography

How I Ended Up Writing the Legendary Paul Robeson's Biography

Martin Duberman Looks Back at a Life in Writing

By Martin Duberman | March 5, 2018

Of the Island Home We Chose to Leave

Of the Island Home We Chose to Leave

Krystal A. Sital on the Many Faces of Trinidad

By Krystal A. Sital | February 21, 2018

What If Kafka Was the Best Relationship of My Twenties?

What If Kafka Was the Best Relationship of My Twenties?

Rebecca Schuman on the Shameful Joy of a Life Devoted to German

By Dylan Foley | February 21, 2018

In Awe of Seabirds at the Edge of the World

In Awe of Seabirds at the Edge of the World

Adam Nicolson Beholds the Poetic Beauty of the Guillemot

By Adam Nicolson | February 7, 2018

The Editor Who Pulled Joseph Conrad from the Slush Pile

The Editor Who Pulled Joseph Conrad from the Slush Pile

How Edward Garnett gave a 37-Year-Old Conrad his First Big Break

By Helen Smith | December 15, 2017

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

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