Readers respond to a guest essay about the continuing vitality of literary fiction. Also: Exxon vs. California; a Supreme ...
Q&A: In Her New Book, Joyce Johnson Tries to ‘Set the Record Straight’ on Jack Kerouac Joyce Johnson's latest book, "The Voice Is All: The Lonely Victory of Jack Kerouac," draws heavily from Kerouac's ...
New faculty join Bates in chemistry, religious studies, and rhetoric. Bates is welcoming a large group of new faculty this year. Seventeen tenured or tenure-track professors will join the college over ...
Cowley became convinced that Faulkner (whom he met only later) was misunderstood and undervalued. The separate books he had ...
Cameron and DiCaprio had been filming the scene, trying to figure out the best way to articulate the emotion of the moment.
In the summer of 1774 Jefferson retreated to Monticello and wrote a secret plea meant to avert disputes with the British — a ...
As America marks 250 years since the Declaration, Jefferson’s words have taken on an aura of moral clarity about equality, ...