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Apparently the Brontës all died so early because they spent their lives drinking graveyard water.

Apparently the Brontës all died so early because they spent their lives drinking graveyard water.

By Emily Temple | May 14, 2021

Pride and Property: <br>On the Homes of Jane Austen

Pride and Property:
On the Homes of Jane Austen

Phyllis Richardson on the Manors, Rectories, and Cottages That Influenced Austen's Domestic Writing

By Phyllis Richardson | May 14, 2021

How an Irish Barman Created a Home for New York’s Literary Elite

How an Irish Barman Created a Home for New York’s Literary Elite

Sharon DeBartolo Carmack on Her Family Legacy

By Sharon DeBartolo Carmack | May 14, 2021

A Brief History of the <em>New York Times</em> Wedding Announcements

A Brief History of the New York Times Wedding Announcements

Cate Doty on the Evolution of a Society Mainstay

By Cate Doty | May 14, 2021

How Hannah Arendt and Martin Heidegger’s Relationship Can Inform Our Current Crises

How Hannah Arendt and Martin Heidegger’s Relationship Can Inform Our Current Crises

Joshua Corey Investigates a “Poetics of the World” in His Latest Book

By Joshua Corey | May 13, 2021

Reimagining the Ancient World: A Reading List

Reimagining the Ancient World: A Reading List

Ian Dreiblatt Fulfills a "Desire to Haunt Ancient Alleys" in These Seven Books

By Ian Dreiblatt | May 12, 2021

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How Do You Write a Biography Filled With Unreliable Witnesses?

By Emily Midorikawa | May 12, 2021

Early Medieval English literature was a sordid swamp of wanton plagiarism!

By Jonny Diamond | May 11, 2021

The Obsessive Scholar Who Rescued Iceland’s Ancient Literary Legacy

By Egill Bjarnason | May 11, 2021

How Racism and Neglect Fueled the Rise of Gang Life in Denver

How Racism and Neglect Fueled the Rise of Gang Life in Denver

Julian Rubinstein Tells the Story of a Neighborhood

By Julian Rubinstein | May 11, 2021

About all those unproduced screenplays William Faulkner wrote . . .

About all those unproduced screenplays William Faulkner wrote . . .

By Walker Caplan | May 10, 2021

Reckoning with the Impact of the Camorra on My Family’s Livelihood

Reckoning with the Impact of the Camorra on My Family’s Livelihood

John Domini on Life Within “The System” in Naples

By John Domini | May 10, 2021

Jonathan Taplin: When Music Was a Vanguard for Political Movements

Jonathan Taplin: When Music Was a Vanguard for Political Movements

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | May 10, 2021

"If I could only see it!" Read a newly unearthed letter from Tennessee Williams to Eugene O’Neill.

By Walker Caplan | May 7, 2021

A Writer From the Future: Who Was Sci Fi Iconoclast Izumi Suzuki?

A Writer From the Future: Who Was Sci Fi Iconoclast Izumi Suzuki?

Andrew Ridker on the Brief and Brilliant Life of a Truly Unique Artist

By Andrew Ridker | May 7, 2021

Niall Ferguson on the Dangers of Focusing on a Single Disaster Scenario

Niall Ferguson on the Dangers of Focusing on a Single Disaster Scenario

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | May 7, 2021

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