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Writers at Work: The Year in Collected Essays

Writers at Work: The Year in Collected Essays

On 12 Books (and 4,554 Pages) by Journalists, Critics, Columnists, and Contributors

By Jonathan Russell Clark | December 14, 2015

Lunacy at St Elizabeths

Lunacy at St Elizabeths

A. David Moody

By Lit Hub Excerpts | December 4, 2015

The Moment That Changed the Cold War

The Moment That Changed the Cold War

James B. Donovan Meets His New Client, a Soviet Master Spy

By James B. Donovan | November 25, 2015

History's People

History's People

Margaret MacMillan

By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 21, 2015

A Woman Alone in China

A Woman Alone in China

The Story of a Missionary Who Stayed

By Virginia Pye | October 14, 2015

The Original Native American Memoirist

The Original Native American Memoirist

Charles Eastman, aka Ohíye S'a: Scenes from a Sioux Boyhood

By Charles Eastman | October 12, 2015

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