Donald R. Hickey on The War of 1812: Writings from America’s Second War of Independence
Mark Twain, “The Killing of Julius Caesar, Localized”
When Joan Didion met Jean Stafford
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Richard Wright’s The Man Who Lived Underground
Henry James, “The Real Thing”
Joan Didion, “L.A. Noir”
Octavia E. Butler: “I could become a writer, or I could die really young”
Endpapers: A family story about books, belonging, and the bloodlands of 20th-century Europe
The Great American Western on Page and Screen
Charles E. Van Loan, “Baseball as the Bleachers Like It”
Robert Frost, “In the Home Stretch”
The worlds of Octavia E. Butler: “There’s real danger in these stories”
W. O. McGeehan, “Gertrude Ederle vs. the Channel”
Women’s Liberation! Feminist Writings That Inspired a Revolution and Still Can
Reading James Baldwin Now: Professional Development Resources for Educators
