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The Wizard of Oz Yellow Brick Road

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Frank Baum, the Man Behind the Curtain

The author of The Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum, traveled many paths before he found his Yellow Brick Road and captured our collective imagination
By Chloë Schama

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Edgar Allan Poe gravesite Baltimore Maryland

Forget Edgar Allan Poe? Nevermore!

Cities up and down the East Coast claim author Edgar Allan Poe as their own and celebrate his 200th birthday
By Abigail Tucker

Amanda McKittrick Ros

Words to Remember

Amanda McKittrick Ros predicted she would achieve lasting fame as a novelist. Unfortunately, she did
By Miles Corwin

Photographer Herman Leonard

Herman Leonard’s Eye for Jazz

In the 1940s and 50s, photographer Herman Leonard captured icons of the jazz world, including Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington
By Lucinda Moore

Pete Seeger

Jukebox: Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger is still singing the ballads that popularized folk music and transformed the genre into a call for action
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