May 28, 2014
A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden — but it can be undone by economics, politics and mother nature.
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A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden — but it can be undone by economics, politics and mother nature.
Read MoreAlthough he is undoubtedly the most famous fictional spy, James Bond is nowhere near the first agent of espionage in literature.
Read MoreThe Paris Review, the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and government-sponsored kool-aid acid tests — American spooks are so cultured.
Read MoreJonathan Lethem, Jamaica Kincaid and F. Scott Fitzgerald all prove that there’s more than one road to success.
Read MoreOn the 51st anniversary of James Baldwin’s famous TIME cover, we explore the magazine’s relationship with the Great American Novelist archetype.
Read MoreOn the 297th anniversary of Voltaire’s imprisonment in the Bastille, we celebrate authors who made the most of their time served.
Read MoreOn this day, the 177th anniversary of Soren Kierkegaard meeting his fiancee, we we examine his and four other philosophers’ takes on love.
Read MoreFrom Freak Power to McCarthy-esque anti-Communism, five authors who loudly proclaimed their political allegiances.
Read MoreComprised of one-hit wonders and national heroes, these are the authors who occupy hallowed space on bookshelves in Mexico.
Read MoreSunday may be the day of rest, but let yourself get a bit riled up with these truly terrible Mailer quotes to mark the anniversary of his novel The Naked and the Dead.
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