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Muhammad Ali, Author of

Muhammad Ali, Author of "The Greatest Book of All Time"?

The Early 1970s were Hard Times for an American Icon

By Jonathan Eig | November 1, 2017

When the French Invaded Hanoi, My Brothers Stayed Behind

When the French Invaded Hanoi, My Brothers Stayed Behind

They Knew War was Coming and Were Eager to Fight

By Mai Elliott | October 20, 2017

The Interview that Became Henry Kissinger's

The Interview that Became Henry Kissinger's "Most Disastrous Decision"

How Oriana Fallaci Became the Most Feared Political Interviewer in the World

By Cristina De Stefano | October 20, 2017

My 12-Hour Lunch Date with Joni Mitchell

My 12-Hour Lunch Date with Joni Mitchell

David Yaffe on Trying to Keep Up with an Icon

By David Yaffe | October 18, 2017

Mark Twain, Cocaine Kingpin?

Mark Twain, Cocaine Kingpin?

"I never was great in matters of detail"

By Alan Pell Crawford | October 16, 2017

Herbert Hoover, Frustrated Playwright

Herbert Hoover, Frustrated Playwright

How He Sought to Bring the Figure of the Mining Engineer to the Stage

By Kenneth Whyte | October 11, 2017

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Louisa May Alcott: A Difficult Woman Who Got Things Done

By Elise Hooper | September 25, 2017

Writing Bellow's Biography While He Was Still Alive

By James Atlas | September 20, 2017

The German-Jewish Refugees Who Created Curious George

By Nicholas Delbanco | September 15, 2017

How Sigmund Freud Tried to Break and Remake His Fiancée

How Sigmund Freud Tried to Break and Remake His Fiancée

"He Wanted Martha to Remember That She Was Nothing Very Special"

By Frederick Crews | August 22, 2017

John Berger Contemplates Life and Death at the Graveside of Mahmoud Darwish

John Berger Contemplates Life and Death at the Graveside of Mahmoud Darwish

A Writer and a Poet in Communion

By John Berger | August 9, 2017

When Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Disappeared

When Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Disappeared

Life Imitated Art for the Author of The Little Prince

By Pierre Lassus | August 1, 2017

Thoreau and the Search for a Cosmic Community

Thoreau and the Search for a Cosmic Community

His Thinking Was Structured by Deep Time and Planetary Space

By Laura Dassow Walls | July 12, 2017

Henry David Thoreau, Tree-Hugger

Henry David Thoreau, Tree-Hugger

On the Philosopher's Obsession with a New England Oak Forest

By Richard Higgins | July 12, 2017

The Superhuman Charm of Ernest Hemingway, the “Most Shot-Up Man in America”

The Superhuman Charm of Ernest Hemingway, the “Most Shot-Up Man in America”

On the Original Charmer of the Lost Generation

By Mary V. Dearborn | May 16, 2017

The Many Ways in Which We Are Wrong About Jane Austen

The Many Ways in Which We Are Wrong About Jane Austen

Lies, Damn Lies, and Literary Scholarship

By Helena Kelly | May 3, 2017

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