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When Philip Roth Switched Publishers, Drama Ensued

Ira Nadel Dishes on Life in the Literary 70s

 
By Ira Nadel  March 10, 2021
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The Publisher Who Transformed the Careers of Wallace Stevens and William Carlos Williams

By Alan M. Klein  March 5, 2021
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Patricia Highsmith’s Confessions and Rebellions at Yaddo

By Richard Bradford  January 19, 2021
Literary History

On Writing Nora Joyce into Biographical Fiction

By Nuala O'Connor  January 5, 2021
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How Literary Female Friendships Shaped the Fiction Market

By Sarah Lonsdale  December 23, 2020
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When Adrienne Rich Refused The National Book Award

By Hilary Holladay  November 23, 2020
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The Night W.S. Merwin Was Stripped Naked by a Charismatic Buddhist Leader

By Emily Temple  September 30, 2020
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Does Every Country Need to Have Its Own Sylvia Plath?

By Rhian Sasseen  August 17, 2020
Literary History

Reading the First Drafts of
Anna Karenina

By Bob Blaisdell  August 6, 2020
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The Literary Life of Pessoa’s Alter Ego

By Jerónimo Pizarro and Patricio Ferrari  July 29, 2020
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André Aciman Follows Literary Ghosts in St. Petersburg

By André Aciman  July 9, 2020
Literary History

Remembering Bo Huston, Who Bore Witness to the Peak of the AIDS Crisis

By John McIntyre  June 26, 2020
Literary History

Robert Walser and Jean Genet’s Dreams, Solitude, and Mundane Things

By Moyra Davey  June 17, 2020
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How Do You Write About a Woman Who Loathed the Spotlight?

By Alice Miller  June 11, 2020
Literary History

The Letter That Changed Emily Dickinson’s Life

By Martha Ackmann  May 26, 2020
Literary History

The Case of Oscar Wilde’s Mistaken Identity in Naples

By Renato Miracco  May 21, 2020
Literary History

On the horribly awkward night James Joyce met Marcel Proust. (I still crave literary parties.)

By Jonny Diamond  May 19, 2020
Literary History

Why Do Some Writers Burn Their Work?

By Alex George  May 15, 2020
Literary History

When “Serious” Writers Write Books For Kids

By Rebecca Rego Barry  April 17, 2020
Literary History

How Plants Helped Colette Satisfy an Insatiable Desire

By Damon Young  April 13, 2020
Literary History

Moby-Dick’s Powerful Message for the Atomic Age

By Gilbert Wilson  April 8, 2020
Literary History

In a Quiet London Enclave, Five Iconic Women Writers Forged a Home

By Francesca Wade  April 8, 2020
Literary History

An Exhibition on Gabriel García Márquez’s Long Road to Becoming a Writer

By Lance Richardson  April 6, 2020
Literary History

How J.R.R. Tolkien Blocked W.H. Auden From Writing a Book About Him

By Emily Temple  March 17, 2020
Literary History

Snobs, Sophisticates, and Scathing Reviews in Wartime London

By D.J. Taylor  March 13, 2020
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