Writers
‘Frankenstein’ Manuscript Shows the Evolution of Mary Shelley’s Monster
A British publisher is releasing 1,000 facsimiles of the two notebooks in which Shelly scrawled her iconic novel
The Fantastic Beasts of John James Audubon's Little-Known Book on Mammals
The American naturalist spent the last years of his life cataloguing America's four-legged creatures
Women Were Better Represented in Victorian Novels Than Modern Ones
Big data shows that women used to be omnipresent in fiction. Then men got in the way
For Mark Twain, It Was Love At First Sight
The aspiring author knew Olivia Langdon was the one when he first laid eyes on a photograph of her
Were the Jack the Ripper Letters Fabricated by Journalists?
Linguistic analysis indicates at least two of the most infamous letters were likely written by the same person—and that person was not the Ripper
The Remarkable Influence of 'A Wrinkle in Time'
How the Madeleine L'Engle novel liberated young adult literature
The Most Notorious Poet in 18th Century America Was An Enslaved Teenager You've Never Heard Of
Phyllis Wheatley was a prodigy, but her ultimate fate reflects the gross racial disparities of 1700s America
‘120 Days of Sodom', Marquis de Sade's Depraved Opus, Declared a French National Treasure
Officials sought to prevent the manuscript from being sold at an upcoming auction
How Mark Twain’s Hatred of Suspenders Drove Him to Invent
Under his given name, Samuel Clemens, Twain held several patents
Catch a Rare Viewing of Robert Frost's Cheery, Dreary, Dark Christmas Cards
The poet’s annual Christmas cards, made in compilation with printer Joe Blumenthal, were not necessarily traditional, but they were always beautiful
Researchers Investigate What Makes a Poem Popular
A recent study found that vividness of imagery best predicted a poem's aesthetic appeal
This Neural Network Can (Maybe) Start a Novel Better Than You
As the end of NaNoWriMo draws near, take a look at one researcher's effort to help find that perfect first line
Our Cloud Names Come From a 1700s Amateur Meteorologist
Luke Howard's nomenclature inspired writers as well as scientists
What Was the Inspiration for “The Murder on the Orient Express”?
Agatha Christie wrote her famous detective novel based on an even more famous kidnapping
The 19th-Century Woman Journalist Who Made Congress Bow Down in Fear
A new book examines the life and legacy of Anne Royall, whose literal witch trial made headlines across the country
Now You Can Read the Stamp-Sized Story That May Have Inspired Virginia Woolf's "Orlando"
Vita Sackville-West's hero predates and mirrors Woolf's androgynous time-traveler
Unpublished Harper Lee Letters Purchased at Auction Share Intimate Reflections
The letters from the <i>To Kill a Mockingbird</i> scribe include remembrances of Hollywood celebrities, a bit of history and some sass
Fake News and Fervent Nationalism Got a Senator Tarred as a Traitor During WWI
The fiery progressive Robert La Follette responded with a classic defense of free speech in wartime
What to Know About Literature's Newest Nobel Winner British Novelist Kazuo Ishiguro
The author of <i>The Remains of the Day</i> and seven other books explores themes of memory, time and self-deception
Hemingway's Earliest Piece of Fiction Discovered
The phony travelogue describes a trip from his home in Illinois across the Atlantic to Ireland and Scotland
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