October 23, 2014
Vera Nabokova, Sophia Tolstaya, Anna Dostoyevskaya and Natalia Solzhenitsyna — suffering and child-rearing, while acting as wife and secretary to genius.
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Vera Nabokova, Sophia Tolstaya, Anna Dostoyevskaya and Natalia Solzhenitsyna — suffering and child-rearing, while acting as wife and secretary to genius.
Read MoreLouise Fitzhugh’s literary realism inspired a new generation of spy kids.
Read More179 years ago today, it was OK to marry your underage first cousin — and Poe did exactly that with Virginia Eliza Clemm.
Read MoreWhether due to the circumstances of time or conspiracy of sibling rivalry, the childhood writings of Emily and Anne Bronte have disappeared.
Read MoreAt least your dad didn’t abandon you on top of a mountain when you were a baby.
Read MoreA recipe passed down from grandmother to mother to daughter creates new connections to friends and family across three continents.
Read MoreManda recalls her childhood escapades at a Bulgarian seaside monastery, replete with severe nuns, theological debate and mouthwatering tomato soup. (Recipe included!)
Read MoreWriters on the good, the bad and the morally questionable aspects of family, food and the holidays.
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