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Inside the ‘Vibrant Intellectual Ecosystem’ of Larry McMurtry's Home Library

Inside the ‘Vibrant Intellectual Ecosystem’ of Larry McMurtry's Home Library

McMurtry on the Few Books He Would Never Give Up

By Nina Freudenberger and Sadie Stein | February 18, 2020

Cataloguing Carson McCullers' Clothes: Long Coats, Vests, and Gender Fluidity

Cataloguing Carson McCullers' Clothes: Long Coats, Vests, and Gender Fluidity

Jenn Shapland on What She Found in the Writer's Archives

By Jenn Shapland | February 18, 2020

Before Beauty Vlogging, There Were Renaissance<br> 'Books of Secrets'

Before Beauty Vlogging, There Were Renaissance
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Meghan Racklin on the History and Alchemy of Self-Care

By Meghan Racklin | January 15, 2020

Where the Male Gaze Doesn't Go: On YouTube's Universe of Make-Up Tutorials

Where the Male Gaze Doesn't Go: On YouTube's Universe of Make-Up Tutorials

Sam George-Allen on the Politics and Empowerment of Online Cosmetics

By Sam George-Allen | January 13, 2020

How to Throw a Shower for a Novel

How to Throw a Shower for a Novel

Caroline Louise Walker on Celebrating a Very Important New Arrival

By Caroline Louise Walker | November 27, 2019

The Outsize Impact of Textiles on World History

The Outsize Impact of Textiles on World History

Alanna Okun on Kassia St. Clair's History of Fabric

By Alanna Okun | November 27, 2019

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Do They Convey Authority? Oppression? Frivolity? Confidence? Sex? Yes.

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In Search of the Surreal at the Leonora Carrington Museum

In Search of the Surreal at the Leonora Carrington Museum

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How Zora Neale Hurston Helped Create the First Realistic Black Baby Doll

How Zora Neale Hurston Helped Create the First Realistic Black Baby Doll

Writing Literary Classics and Advising American Toymakers

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The Argument We Need for the Universal Wearing of Beards

The Argument We Need for the Universal Wearing of Beards

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15 Perfect Gifts for 15 Famous Writers

15 Perfect Gifts for 15 Famous Writers

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When They Put Lauryn Hill on the Cover of <em>Time</em>

When They Put Lauryn Hill on the Cover of Time

On Evolving Standards of Black Beauty in the 1990s

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