October 03, 2014
Louise Fitzhugh’s literary realism inspired a new generation of spy kids.
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Louise Fitzhugh’s literary realism inspired a new generation of spy kids.
Read MoreWhen people take to the streets to express their support or displeasure over … art?
Read MoreAt the height of dime novel and pulp magazine popularity, alarmist writers concocted — to great fanfare — racist images of Asian super villains and military takeovers.
Read MoreReconsidering the literary landscape in the wake of the Great War, Lawrence rescued Herman Melville’s now venerated novel from absolute obscurity.
Read MoreNow hailed as a masterpiece, Faulkner's novel was initially written off by the public and the author himself. Why?
Read MoreReleased the same year, Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns and Alan Moore’s Watchmen transformed comic books into graphic novels.
Read MoreWhat can the differences between the two teach us about post-World War II American literature?
Read More179 years ago today, it was OK to marry your underage first cousin — and Poe did exactly that with Virginia Eliza Clemm.
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