Museum exhibition presents Thoreau’s journal as a monument to the examined life

Henry David Thoreau, “A Walk to Wachusett”

Photos: A short tour of Walden Pond before Henry David Thoreau’s bicentennial

John Quincy Adams, “This Whole Horrible Transaction”

In Berkeley, a big series claims the big screen for Women Crime Writers

Ambrose Bierce, “Chickamauga”

The Swimmer: A prophetic modernist fable set in a fading Eden

Watch: Two writers deliver stirring testimonials at LOA’s 35th birthday party

Library of America welcomes A. Scott Berg and Michael Bierut to new leadership roles

35 years and a night to remember [Photos]

Eugene Lim: American classics that influenced Dear Cyborgs, mostly in pairs

Watch: Joanne Freeman answers your questions about Alexander Hamilton

Seven writers, including Alexander Hamilton and Frederick Law Olmsted, enter New York State Writers Hall of Fame

Anonymous, “Bombers Over London”

Listen: New Spotify playlist gives Shake It Up a “Top 50” audio accompaniment

Slaughterhouse-Five: Unstuck in time, but alive and affecting on screen