Harper Lee’s Novel Achievement
With To Kill a Mockingbird, published 50 years ago, Lee gave America a story for the ages. Just don’t ask her about it
A chance encounter on a New Orleans dock in 1858 haunted the writer for the rest of his life
Lewis Carroll’s Shifting Reputation
Why has popular opinion of the author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland undergone such a dramatic reversal?
How the Paperback Novel Changed Popular Literature
Classic writers reached the masses when Penguin paperbacks began publishing great novels for the cost of a pack of cigarettes
Artist Janice Lowry’s illustrated diaries record her history—and ours
Those who don’t have power tend to make fun of those who do. But what happens when the power shifts?
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