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A Lost Story by Edith Wharton Has Been Discovered in Yale’s Library
“The Field of Honor” is about a failed marriage during World War I
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The Science of ‘Little House on the Prairie’
A mutual passion for Laura Ingalls Wilder inspired scientists in unrelated disciplines to investigate events from the famous author’s world
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Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Venice
The City Nobel Laureate Joseph Brodsky Called Paradise
A journalist recalls his witching-hour walk through Venice with the famous poet
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5 Things to Know About Svetlana Alexievich, Winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature
The Belarusian journalist is best known for her tragic investigations of war and disaster in eastern Europe
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After Giving Us a New Spin on Oz, Gregory Maguire Takes on Wonderland
Alice is 150 years old, and the world is still wondering about her
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In a new memoir, one of Hemingway’s closest friends reveals how the great writer grappled with the love affair that changed his life and shaped his art
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This Digital Library Contains Every Phrase That Could Ever Be Uttered
Inspired by an essay by Jorge Luis Borges, computer programmer Jonathan Basile has created a “Library” of Babel
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The True Story of Kudzu, the Vine That Never Truly Ate the South
A naturalist cuts through the myths surrounding the invasive plant
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What Gives Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” Its Power?
A Smithsonian poet examines its message and how it encapsulates what its author was all about
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What to Expect From Harper Lee’s Long-Lost Second Novel
Controversy still surrounds the release of Go Set a Watchman
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What’s Changed, and What Hasn’t, in the Town That Inspired ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’
Traveling back in time to visit Harper Lee’s hometown, the setting of her 1960 masterpiece and the controversial sequel hitting bookstores soon
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Before Moby-Dick, There Was “Two Years Before the Mast”
This salty memoir by Richard Henry Dana Jr. was one of America’s first literary classics
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Want to Sleep Like a King, Queen or Borgia For a Night? Stay in these Historic Airbnbs
Whether it’s the former home of a national icon or an extravagant estate in Europe, the sharing economy offers the chance to go back in time for a night
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Once Helped Clear an Innocent Man of Murder
On his birthday, revist the mystery author’s most famous case
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The World’s Most Interesting (and Accessible) Library Collections
From the Magna Carta to Winnie the Pooh, what you can see at some of the world’s great libraries
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Azar Nafisi on Why the Arts and Humanities Are Critical to the American Vision
The author of “Reading Lolita in Tehran” and recipient of a Smithsonian award, discusses why in education art matters as much as science
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Why Can’t Romance Novels Get Any Love?
The genre is long overdue to be the focus of serious study from academics
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Did Archaeologists Just Find Miguel de Cervantes, 400 Years After His Death?
A centuries-old crypt could hold the answer to the mystery of Cervantes’ missing remains
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The Racist History of Peter Pan’s Indian Tribe
Even in the early 20th century, though, critics saw Tiger Lily and her fellow “Picaninnies” as caricatures
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