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The Onstage Origins of Van Morrison's Legendary <em>Astral Weeks</em>

The Onstage Origins of Van Morrison's Legendary Astral Weeks

Boston, the Summer of 1968, Screaming Teenagers...

By ryanhwalsh | March 7, 2018

I Call Your Name Whenever I Can: The Letters of Pat Parker and Audre Lorde

I Call Your Name Whenever I Can: The Letters of Pat Parker and Audre Lorde

"Beware Feeling You’re Not Good Enough to Deserve It"

By Literary Hub | March 7, 2018

When Rousseau Advocated for Book-Burning

When Rousseau Advocated for Book-Burning

One of France's Great Philosophers, a Troll Ahead of His Time

By William Marx | March 2, 2018

Acquiring Books for the Greatest Libraries in the World

Acquiring Books for the Greatest Libraries in the World

Adventures in the 18th-Century Book Trade

By Alexander Bevilacqua | February 23, 2018

The Spiritual Sisters of Simone de Beauvoir

The Spiritual Sisters of Simone de Beauvoir

On Édith Thomas, Dominique Aury, and the Women of Postwar France

By Agnès Poirier | February 22, 2018

25 Legendary Literary Feuds, Ranked

25 Legendary Literary Feuds, Ranked

Ding Ding Ding: Let the Fight Begin

By Emily Temple | February 16, 2018

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Kafka Was a Terrible Boyfriend

By Eleanor Bass | February 14, 2018

How Medieval Storytellers Shape Our Understanding of Romance

By Marilyn Yalom | February 14, 2018

The Horse: Beloved Metaphor of Your Favorite 19th-Century Novelists

By Ulrich Raulff | February 12, 2018

How Wagner Tried to Revolutionize Art and End Capitalism

How Wagner Tried to Revolutionize Art and End Capitalism

Simon Callow on a Great Composer Getting Political

By Simon Callow | February 7, 2018

Capturing the Artists, Hustlers, and Junkies of 1960s Pittsburgh

Capturing the Artists, Hustlers, and Junkies of 1960s Pittsburgh

How the Blues Inspired Playwright August Wilson

By Mark Whitaker | February 1, 2018

On the Death of JFK and the Birth of Lyndon Johnson's

On the Death of JFK and the Birth of Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society"

When History Changes in an Instant

By Joshua Zeitz | February 1, 2018

During World War II, Literature Reigned Supreme

During World War II, Literature Reigned Supreme

How Displacement and Migration Created an Unexpected Literary Boom

By George Hutchinson | January 26, 2018

How Alice B. Toklas Found her Voice Through Food

How Alice B. Toklas Found her Voice Through Food

On Writing Her Own Cookbook, After Gertrude Stein

By Justin Spring | January 18, 2018

On the Decision to Publish the Largest Leak in the History of American Power

On the Decision to Publish the Largest Leak in the History of American Power

When the Washington Post Printed the Pentagon Papers, It Changed American Journalism

By Jeff Himmelman | January 10, 2018

What Happens When There's a Madman in the White House?

What Happens When There's a Madman in the White House?

“When the president does it, that means it is not illegal.”

By Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis | January 10, 2018

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