L. Frank Baum's first book was a manual for breeding fancy chickens.

L. Frank Baum's first book was a manual for breeding fancy chickens.

It didn't do quite as well as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

By Emily Temple | May 17, 2019

Flannery O'Connor's Two Deepest Loves Were Mayonnaise and Her Mother

Flannery O'Connor's Two Deepest Loves Were Mayonnaise and Her Mother

A Southern Gothic Writer, a Very White Condiment

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The Ongoing Exile of the Undocumented

The Ongoing Exile of the Undocumented

Oscar Villalon on The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez

By Oscar Villalon | May 17, 2019

"I Still Don't Know Where Joy Division Came From"

An Oral History of an Iconic Band

By Jon Savage | May 17, 2019

Anger and Art in a <br>Dying Empire

Anger and Art in a
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Jonathan Jones on Francis Bacon, David Hockney, and
British Painting in the 1970s

By Jonathan Jones | May 17, 2019

A New Generation, Betrayed by the Old, is Rising Up on Climate Change

A New Generation, Betrayed by the Old, is Rising Up on Climate Change

Poise, Power, and the Young Women Leading the Way

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At last night's Authors Guild benefit, calls to support authors in a troubled democracy.

At last night's Authors Guild benefit, calls to support authors in a troubled democracy.

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Discovering an Iconic Literary Character Was Based on Your Grandfather

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On Robert Caro, Great Men, and the Problem of Powerful Women in Biography

On Robert Caro, Great Men, and the Problem of Powerful Women in Biography

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Announcing the 100th Annual O. Henry Prize

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Of Course, Samuel Johnson Met James Boswell in a Bookstore

Of Course, Samuel Johnson Met James Boswell in a Bookstore

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In a Refugee's No Man's Land at the Thai-Burmese Border

In a Refugee's No Man's Land at the Thai-Burmese Border

Pibulsak Lakonpol with a Dispatch from the Far North of Thailand

By Pibulsak Lakonpol | May 16, 2019

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