How a Young John Brown Became the Legendary Militant Abolitionist

How a Young John Brown Became the Legendary Militant Abolitionist

H. W. Brands on the Early Life of an American Avenger

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Prince Was One of the Loneliest Souls I've Ever Met

Prince Was One of the Loneliest Souls I've Ever Met

Neal Karlen on His Complicated Relationship with an American Icon

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On Robert D. Richardson and the Art of Excavating Other People's Lives

On Robert D. Richardson and the Art of Excavating Other People's Lives

The Biographer Who Crafted Stories of Self-Transformation

By Jonas Gardsby | October 7, 2020

On the Nature Poetics of the Great Nan Shepherd, Bard of the Highlands

On the Nature Poetics of the Great Nan Shepherd, Bard of the Highlands

Kerri Andrews Considers What It Means to Have a Genius for Place

By Kerri Andrews | October 7, 2020

Reading the Travelogues of Percy Fawcett, Explorer of the Lost City of Z

Reading the Travelogues of Percy Fawcett, Explorer of the Lost City of Z

A.J. Lees on Exploration Fawcett

By A.J. Lees | October 6, 2020

The Shape of His Stories: In Praise of Edward P. Jones

The Shape of His Stories: In Praise of Edward P. Jones

Elizabeth Poliner Returns to Three Stories in Lost in the City

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Remembering Timothy Findley on His Home Ground

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