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How a Young Sylvia Plath Found Her Literary Voice Through Diary Keeping

How a Young Sylvia Plath Found Her Literary Voice Through Diary Keeping

Carl Rollyson on the Teenage Years of One of America's Most Famous Female Poets

By Carl Rollyson | November 19, 2024

Oliver Sacks Letters to Thom Gunn: Inside an Epistolary Friendship

Oliver Sacks Letters to Thom Gunn: Inside an Epistolary Friendship

A Correspondence Centered on Identity, Love and an Eternal Search for the Self

By Oliver Sacks | November 18, 2024

Victoria’s Secret: How a Teenage Girl Became the Queen of England

Victoria’s Secret: How a Teenage Girl Became the Queen of England

Anne Somerset on Princess Victoria and the Scandalous Chaos of Nineteenth-Century British Politics

By Anne Somerset | November 18, 2024

Benjamin Franklin: As Much Scientist As Statesman

Benjamin Franklin: As Much Scientist As Statesman

Richard Munson Considers the Founding Father’s Long-Overlooked Passion for Scientific Inquiry

By Richard Munson | November 14, 2024

The Mystery of Wallis Simpson’s Visit to Shanghai and Her Search for the Elusive “Hurry-Up” Divorce

The Mystery of Wallis Simpson’s Visit to Shanghai and Her Search for the Elusive “Hurry-Up” Divorce

Paul French Chronicles the Future Duchess of Windsor’s Sojourn in China

By Paul French | November 13, 2024

Eve and Joan: Exploring the Tumultuous Friendship of LA’s Literary Ladies

Eve and Joan: Exploring the Tumultuous Friendship of LA’s Literary Ladies

Lili Anolik on the Irresistible Draw of Eve Babitz and Joan Didion, Two Iconic Chroniclers of California

By Lili Anolik | November 12, 2024

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How Woodrow Wilson’s Privileged Southern Upbringing Influenced His Love Life

By Christopher Cox | November 8, 2024

“A Chubby-Cheeked, Shabby-Blazered Colossus.” How Dylan Thomas Influenced Generations of Poets

By Dai George | November 7, 2024

How a Young Michael Stipe Found Creative Camaraderie in Art School

How a Young Michael Stipe Found Creative Camaraderie in Art School

Peter Ames Carlin on the R.E.M. Frontman’s Days Studying Painting, Drawing and Photography at the University of Georgia

By Peter Ames Carlin | November 5, 2024

Philosopher of Change: How Henri Bergson’s Radical View of Reality Came to Be

Philosopher of Change: How Henri Bergson’s Radical View of Reality Came to Be

Emily Herring on Bergson’s Formative Upbringing in an Unstable France

By Emily Herring | October 29, 2024

Gary Indiana, iconoclast and author, has died.

Gary Indiana, iconoclast and author, has died.

By Brittany Allen | October 24, 2024

Fighting Words: </br>A Tribute to Refaat Alareer

Fighting Words:
A Tribute to Refaat Alareer

Two Former Students Remember Their Friend and Teacher

By Yousef Aljamal and Rawan Yaghi | October 24, 2024

On the enduring popularity—and appropriation—of Leonard Cohen's

On the enduring popularity—and appropriation—of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah."

By Brittany Allen | October 22, 2024

Somaia Abu Nada Remembers Her Slain Sister, Heba Abu Nada, Palestinian Poet and Novelist

Somaia Abu Nada Remembers Her Slain Sister, Heba Abu Nada, Palestinian Poet and Novelist

“Everything genuine reminds me of you, Heba.”

By Somaia Abunada | October 21, 2024

Correcting for the Male Gaze: On the Unique Challenges of Writing Biographies of Women

Correcting for the Male Gaze: On the Unique Challenges of Writing Biographies of Women

How Iris Jamahl Dunkle Found the Fuller Story of the Life of Sanora Babb

By Iris Jamahl Dunkle | October 17, 2024

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