October 07, 2014
Fifty-nine years ago today, Ginsberg performed his seminal poem for the first time, marking the public debut of the Beats.
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Fifty-nine years ago today, Ginsberg performed his seminal poem for the first time, marking the public debut of the Beats.
Read MoreReconsidering the literary landscape in the wake of the Great War, Lawrence rescued Herman Melville’s now venerated novel from absolute obscurity.
Read MoreWelsh is one of the few contemporary Scottish authors to have captured the attention of mainstream America. What’s the attraction?
Read MoreOne of the 20th century’s major poets provides keen insight into proper feline monikers.
Read MoreNow hailed as a masterpiece, Faulkner's novel was initially written off by the public and the author himself. Why?
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.
Read MoreAs a founder of science fiction, Wells got a surprising share the future right. He also got some things very, very wrong.
Read MoreDenise Levertov teaches an aspiring poet that it’s more important to know how to live than to know how to write.
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