Harold Bloom’s The American Canon: “He is speaking directly to you about his passions”
Why Richard Henry Dana’s Two Years Before the Mast still appeals to sailors—and young readers
Thomas Jefferson’s Education: Alan Taylor on the troubled origins of “Mr. Jefferson’s University”
He “lived and breathed literature”—Library of America remembers Harold Bloom, 1930–2019
No tricks, all treats: For Halloween, we present LOA’s terrifying Top Five
Kate Bolick: “Feminism is common sense,” and other truths from Little Women
Lenny Kaye, “The Best of Acapella”
Lafcadio Hearn, “Yuki-Onna”
Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Bob Dylan: Desolation Angels led to “Desolation Row”
Larry Merchant, “Poetry in Motion”
Listen: Lauren Groff introduces the “wickedly smart” Nancy Hale
Nancy Hale, “The Earliest Dreams”
Frances Hodgson Burnett, “My Robin”
Lauren Groff on the “profound generosity” of James Salter
March Sisters, Walt Whitman, and the Peanuts gang draw LOA fans at the 2019 Brooklyn Book Festival
“A project of self-transformation”—Benjamin Moser on the life and work of Susan Sontag
