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On the Obsessions of the Literary Biographer

On the Obsessions of the Literary Biographer

Getting to the Bottom of the Mysterious Case of Letitia Landon

By Lucasta Miller | March 5, 2019

The Unlikely Friendship Between a Philosopher and an Empress

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When Catherine the Great Met Denis Diderot

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The Act of Resistance the Nazis Used to Justify Kristallnacht

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One Family's Story of the Great Migration North

One Family's Story of the Great Migration North

Bridgett M. Davis Tracks Her Mother's Journey from Nashville to Detroit

By Bridgett M. Davis | January 30, 2019

Meet the Writer Who Chased Eve Babitz All Over Hollywood

Meet the Writer Who Chased Eve Babitz All Over Hollywood

How Lili Anolik Finally Got Her Subject to Talk

By Zan Romanoff | January 10, 2019

Gabriel García Márquez Remembers His Dearest Friend, Julio Cortázar

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