American Writers | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/american-writers/RSS feed for American WritersenWed, 22 Apr 2026 16:15:00 +0000Bob Dylan's Original Typewritten Draft Lyrics for 'I'm Not There' Have Been Rediscovered After More Than Half a Centuryhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bob-dylans-original-typewritten-draft-lyrics-for-im-not-there-have-been-rediscovered-after-more-than-half-a-century-180988592/For decades, eager fans could only hear the obscure song on bootleg vinyl recordings. The draft lyrics, which were found inside a first-edition copy of Allen Ginsberg poetry, just sold at auction for $6,800Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bob-dylans-original-typewritten-draft-lyrics-for-im-not-there-have-been-rediscovered-after-more-than-half-a-century-180988592/In the 1990s, a Dog Taught Kids About Shakespeare and Homer. A New Documentary Tells the Tale of 'Wishbone'—From His Backflips to His Historical Hatshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/in-the-1990s-a-dog-taught-kids-about-shakespeare-and-homer-a-new-documentary-tells-the-tale-of-wishbone-from-his-backflips-to-his-historical-hats-180988552/The film reunites the human cast and crew who saw the potential of a Jack Russell terrier to bring classic literature to life on PBSThu, 16 Apr 2026 15:31:11 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/in-the-1990s-a-dog-taught-kids-about-shakespeare-and-homer-a-new-documentary-tells-the-tale-of-wishbone-from-his-backflips-to-his-historical-hats-180988552/A New Book of Toni Morrison's University Lectures, Now Collected for the First Time, Shares Some of the Legendary Novelist's Most Important Lessonshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/a-new-book-of-toni-morrisons-university-lectures-now-collected-for-the-first-time-shares-some-of-the-legendary-novelists-most-important-lessons-180988398/At Princeton, the author analyzed the depictions of Blackness in the works of canonical American authorsMon, 23 Mar 2026 16:45:01 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/a-new-book-of-toni-morrisons-university-lectures-now-collected-for-the-first-time-shares-some-of-the-legendary-novelists-most-important-lessons-180988398/