New “passion project” documentary Flannery reveals the writer who revealed mysteries

(Re)introducing the “decidedly unsentimental and modern” Constance Fenimore Woolson

Kathryn Davis on the novels of Jean Stafford: “She never sentimentalized anything”

Shadow Archives: Scholar experiences “the thrill of literary detective work” in collections of Ellison, Petry, and others

“One backward glance” — Daniel H. Weiss on Michael O’Donnell and the tragic era of Vietnam

Gary K. Wolfe: Reinvention and revolution in 1960s science fiction

Nicholas Kristof shifts his focus to the crisis at home: “Attention does make a difference”

The children’s literature of Frances Hodgson Burnett: “values that we need and can relate to” today

“Humor at first sight” as James Thurber’s art is celebrated for his 125th birthday

Gary K. Wolfe: Why the 1950s were the golden age of the science fiction novel

Andrew Blauner: The humanity, humility, and humor of Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts

Harold Bloom’s The American Canon: “He is speaking directly to you about his passions”

Thomas Jefferson’s Education: Alan Taylor on the troubled origins of “Mr. Jefferson’s University”

Listen: Lauren Groff introduces the “wickedly smart” Nancy Hale

“A project of self-transformation”—Benjamin Moser on the life and work of Susan Sontag

LOA celebrates Herman Melville’s 200th birthday with his Complete Poems