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On Jewish Community and Identity in Jacques Derrida's Algeria

On Jewish Community and Identity in Jacques Derrida's Algeria

Peter Salmon Considers the Philosopher's Early Life

By Peter Salmon | October 14, 2020

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

By H.W. Brands | October 14, 2020

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

By Neal Karlen | October 8, 2020

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

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

By Elizabeth Poliner | October 5, 2020

A Conversion of Suffering: At the Intersection of Poetry and Psychoanalysis in Paul Celan

By Jamieson Webster | October 2, 2020

The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies, September Edition

By Book Marks | September 29, 2020

Brian Dillon on the Sentences of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha

Brian Dillon on the Sentences of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha

In Praise of an Artist and Writer Taken Too Soon

By Brian Dillon | September 28, 2020

Was Abstract Art Actually Invented by a Mid-19th-Century Spiritualist?

Was Abstract Art Actually Invented by a Mid-19th-Century Spiritualist?

Jennifer Dasal on the 1871 Art Exhibition of Georgiana Houghton

By Jennifer Dasal | September 23, 2020

What Is So Special About Balzac's Thousands of Characters?

What Is So Special About Balzac's Thousands of Characters?

Peter Brooks on the Extraordinary Fictional Lives of the French Master

By Peter Brooks | September 23, 2020

When Jimi Hendrix Took the UK by Storm

When Jimi Hendrix Took the UK by Storm

And Eric Clapton Realized He May Have to Hand Over the Crown

By Philip Norman | September 17, 2020

Remembering Timothy Findley on His Home Ground

Remembering Timothy Findley on His Home Ground

Sherrill Grace on the Life and Legacy of a Great Canadian Writer

By Sherrill Grace | September 10, 2020

The Humble Confidence of Seamus Heaney

The Humble Confidence of Seamus Heaney

R. F. Foster on the Poet's Roots, Influences, and Individuality

By R. F. Foster | August 31, 2020

The Wife of

The Wife of "Italy's George Washington" Was a Radical in Her Own Right

Anita Garibaldi Was More Than a Political Spouse

By Diana Giovinazzo | August 26, 2020

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