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Unlearnable Lessons on My Father's Deathbed

Unlearnable Lessons on My Father's Deathbed

Marina Benjamin Considers the Reality of 'Second Childhood'

By Marina Benjamin | March 21, 2017

How a Husband's Loving Biography Ruined His Wife's Reputation

How a Husband's Loving Biography Ruined His Wife's Reputation

On William Godwin's Scrupulously Honest Life of Mary Wollstonecraft

By Richard Holmes | March 21, 2017

Take Heart: Shakespeare's Drafts Were Pretty Damn Rough

Take Heart: Shakespeare's Drafts Were Pretty Damn Rough

On the Rewrites, Random Additions, and Many Changes to the Bard's Plays

By J.P. Romney and Rebecca Romney | March 20, 2017

Zora Neale Hurston: The College Years

Zora Neale Hurston: The College Years

From a New Graphic Biography of a Great American Writer

By Peter Bagge | March 20, 2017

Just How Partisan is the Supreme Court?

Just How Partisan is the Supreme Court?

Melvin I. Urofsky On Three Major Dissents from Recent Years

By Melvin I. Urofsky | March 20, 2017

The Wild, Weird Criminal Side of Florida

The Wild, Weird Criminal Side of Florida

Dwyer Murphy Finds Blood, Guns, and Corpses at SleuthFest 2017

By Dwyer Murphy | March 20, 2017

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Writing on an Island at the End of the World

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What Kind of Empire Will China Be?

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Valeria Luiselli on the Choices People Make in Coming to America

Valeria Luiselli on the Choices People Make in Coming to America

"How do you explain any of this to your own children?"

By Valeria Luiselli | March 16, 2017

Read a (Love) Letter From Herman Melville to Nathaniel Hawthorne

Read a (Love) Letter From Herman Melville to Nathaniel Hawthorne

On the anniversary of the publication of The Scarlet Letter

By Emily Temple | March 16, 2017

What Did Hemingway Really Think of Castro?

What Did Hemingway Really Think of Castro?

Nicholas Reynolds on the Relationship of Two Mid-Century Icons

By Nicholas Reynolds | March 16, 2017

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s <em>Americanah</em> is New York City's First Book Club Pick

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah is New York City's First Book Club Pick

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The Living Authors with the Most Film Adaptations

The Living Authors with the Most Film Adaptations

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How Working at a Bookstore Changed My Writing Career

How Working at a Bookstore Changed My Writing Career

Jami Attenberg on Her Time at New York's Latest Institution, WORD

By Jami Attenberg | March 15, 2017

10 Photographers on the Books and Movies That Inspire Them

10 Photographers on the Books and Movies That Inspire Them

From the Photography Zine, Dog Food

By Rachel Cobb | March 15, 2017

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