Edith Wharton, “The Mission of Jane”
Four books—and a flawed Everyman—that made John Updike’s name as a novelist
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom recasts the life of one of our major literary figures
From “lovelorn, insecure young man” to resolute commander—the private side of Ulysses S. Grant
Harry S. Truman, “Waiting for the Armistice”
St. John the Divine and LOA celebrate Madeleine L’Engle’s 100th birthday with words and music
Lisa Yaszek: We get the history of women in science fiction “thoroughly wrong”
F. Marion Crawford, “For the Blood Is the Life”
Katherine Dunham, “Thesis Turned Broadway”
A-list actors to bring Philip Roth’s The Plot Against America to life onstage in New York
Ambrose Bierce, “Moxon’s Master”
Leonard S. Marcus on Madeleine L’Engle, the “fearless experimenter” of children’s literature
“Monsters lurk everywhere”: Sarah Weinman uncovers the real-life crime behind Nabokov’s Lolita
Ashby Williams, “I Am Not Dead”
F. Scott Fitzgerald, “Benediction”
George Strock and Life magazine, “Three Americans”
