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Uncovering the Secret History of a WWII-Era Brooklyn Spy

Uncovering the Secret History of a WWII-Era Brooklyn Spy

How to Reconstruct a Life with the Public Record

By David A. Taylor | May 14, 2019

Anjelica Huston on Finding Her Father in the Writing of Lillian Ross

Anjelica Huston on Finding Her Father in the Writing of Lillian Ross

the integrity of her subject."">"She maintains her own integrity and she respects
the integrity of her subject."

By Anjelica Huston | May 3, 2019

Dorothy Parker: Political Activist, Melancholic, Bootleg Scotch-Drinker

Dorothy Parker: Political Activist, Melancholic, Bootleg Scotch-Drinker

Life is Long, Wit is Brief

By Mervyn Horder | May 1, 2019

On the Great Clarice Lispector

On the Great Clarice Lispector

Benjamin Moser Introduces The Besieged City

By Benjamin Moser | April 30, 2019

James Baldwin in Paris: On the Virtuosic Shame of <em>Giovanni's Room</em>

James Baldwin in Paris: On the Virtuosic Shame of Giovanni's Room

"If France proffered him love, it also bathed him in a peculiar shade of loneliness."

By Gabrielle Bellot | April 25, 2019

Germaine Greer and the Cusp of<br> the Feminist Revolution

Germaine Greer and the Cusp of
the Feminist Revolution

On the Early Days of the Women's Liberation Movement

By Elizabeth Kleinhenz | April 19, 2019

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The Cautionary Patriotism of
the Presidents Adams

By Nancy Isenberg and Andrew Burstein | April 18, 2019

When Nelson Algren Fell in Love with Simone de Beauvoir

By Colin Asher | April 17, 2019

Embedded with the Beating Heart of Madagascar's Literary Life

By Allison M. Charette | April 17, 2019

Tragedies of Ambition: On the Fine Art of American Sportswriting

Tragedies of Ambition: On the Fine Art of American Sportswriting

Wright Thompson Heads Home to See the Big Picture

By Wright Thompson | April 12, 2019

The French Satirist Who Brought Anarchy Into Art

The French Satirist Who Brought Anarchy Into Art

On Georges Blondeaux, or Gébé

By Edward Gauvin | April 3, 2019

Olive Schreiner: Charlotte Brontë of South Africa, 19th-Century Celebrity

Olive Schreiner: Charlotte Brontë of South Africa, 19th-Century Celebrity

On Compassion and Dissent in an Outpost of Empire

By Lyndall Gordon | March 29, 2019

On H.G. Adler's Lectures from a Concentration Camp

On H.G. Adler's Lectures from a Concentration Camp

"For Adler there is no room for escape. . ."

By Peter Filkins | March 13, 2019

Dictators Kill Poets: On Federico García Lorca's Last Days

Dictators Kill Poets: On Federico García Lorca's Last Days

"And now his blood comes out singing."

By Aaron Shulman | March 5, 2019

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

The Unlikely Friendship Between a Philosopher and an Empress

When Catherine the Great Met Denis Diderot

By Robert Zaretsky | February 22, 2019

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