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Patricia Highsmith’s Confessions and Rebellions at Yaddo

Patricia Highsmith’s Confessions and Rebellions at Yaddo

Richard Bradford on Strange Times at the Legendary Writers’ Retreat

By Richard Bradford | January 19, 2021

Yiyun Li on the Brilliance of Bette Howland

Yiyun Li on the Brilliance of Bette Howland

"Howland wrote a book that I thought was impossible to write."

By Yiyun Li | January 15, 2021

Karl Ove Knausgaard on the Genius<br> of Ingmar Bergman

Karl Ove Knausgaard on the Genius
of Ingmar Bergman

"So the workbooks are where Bergman is boundless."

By Karl Ove Knausgaard | January 11, 2021

On Writing Nora Joyce into Biographical Fiction

On Writing Nora Joyce into Biographical Fiction

Nuala O’Connor Considers the Interior Life of a Literary Icon

By Nuala O'Connor | January 5, 2021

Where <em>Blues for Mister Charlie</em> Fits into James Baldwin's Oeuvre

Where Blues for Mister Charlie Fits into James Baldwin's Oeuvre

Isaac Butler Talks to Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols
on Lit Century

By Lit Century | December 29, 2020

When Tom Seaver Came Into the Big Leagues He Came in Pitching

When Tom Seaver Came Into the Big Leagues He Came in Pitching

(But That Didn't Stop Lou Brock From Telling Him to Fetch a Coke)

By Bill Madden | December 22, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Barry Lopez on the Life of a True Naturalist

By Barry Lopez | December 18, 2020

The Austrian Writer Whose Forgotten Plays Inspired His Greatest Work of Fiction

By Genese Grill | December 17, 2020

That Time William S. Burroughs Fled a Ranch School in
New Mexico

By Ken Layne | December 16, 2020

How Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Came to Compose His First Symphony

How Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Came to Compose His First Symphony

Jan Swafford on the Influence of Leopold Mozart on
His Precocious Son

By Jan Swafford | December 15, 2020

What Drew German Novelist Uwe Johnson to a Tiny English Island Off the Coast of Kent?

What Drew German Novelist Uwe Johnson to a Tiny English Island Off the Coast of Kent?

Patrick Wright on the Final Years of a Wandering Writer

By Patrick Wright | December 11, 2020

Edith Vonnegut on the Love Letters of Kurt and Jane Vonnegut

Edith Vonnegut on the Love Letters of Kurt and Jane Vonnegut

"Jane recognized her husband’s tremendous talent and put her own dreams and ambitions aside."

By Edith Vonnegut | December 9, 2020

How KISS Became a Rock & Roll Phenomenon

How KISS Became a Rock & Roll Phenomenon

Doug Brod on the Haphazard Success of One of
America's Greatest Bands

By Doug Brod | December 9, 2020

How a Nun Accidentally Led Allen Ginsberg's Biographer to the Poet's Work

How a Nun Accidentally Led Allen Ginsberg's Biographer to the Poet's Work

Michael Schumacher in Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | December 9, 2020

The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of 2020

The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of 2020

Featuring Barack Obama, Natasha Trethewey, Helen Macdonald, Sylvia Plath, The Beatles, and more

By Book Marks | December 7, 2020

The Mankiewicz Brothers' Biographer Weighs in on David Fincher's <em>Mank</em>

The Mankiewicz Brothers' Biographer Weighs in on David Fincher's Mank

Sydney Stern on the Beauty and Limits of Capturing Icons on Screen

By Sydney Ladensohn Stern | December 4, 2020

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