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“Such Friends:” Maxwell Perkins and F. Scott Fitzgerald

By: Kathleen Dixon Donnelly Scribner’s editor Maxwell Perkins [1884-1947] and author F. Scott Fitzgerald [1896-1940] [...]

The Strange Sadness of Stephen King’s “It”

For the longest time, I told myself that I would never read any book written [...]

The Iconic Typewriter

If you have ever watched Madam Secretary on CBS and stayed tuned through the closing [...]

Willa Cather

I confess — I never liked Nebraska. When I moved from Chicago to Denver I [...]

Salinger at Princeton – Part 2

For the most dedicated Salingerites, much of the material in the collection is familiar, available [...]

Mr. Snodgrass and the Maid of Orléans

Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass was one alias of a man who used many names (like W. [...]

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Top 10 Reasons to Visit the American Writers Museum Today

The American Writers Museum was recently voted the top attraction in the state of Illinois [...]

Ways the West Was Won

If there is one unique genre the United States has contributed to world literature, it [...]

Rereading the Work of Shirley Jackson

I have a lot of literary kindred spirits, most of them women. They are authors [...]

Totality

Totality is rare these days. A constantly on-the-go society has little time for completion. Even [...]