Into the World’s Greatest Heart
May 10, 2023
Timothy F. Jackson— Introduction These letters represent Edna St. Vincent Millay’s written correspondence from 1900, when she was eight, until 1950, the last year of her life. Readers of these… READ MORE
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Andy Warhol Reading List
August 6, 2022
In celebration of the iconic Pop artist’s birthday, we’ve rounded up four titles that highlight the extensive catalogue of Andy Warhol and breathe new life into the man behind the… READ MORE
Casanova for Our Time: An Interview with Leo Damrosch
July 28, 2022
The life of the iconic libertine Giacomo Casanova (1725–1798) has never been told in the depth it deserves. An alluring representative of the Enlightenment’s shadowy underside, Casanova was an aspiring… READ MORE
Life Goes On
April 18, 2019
Shing-Tung Yau— My father’s death hit me hard, throwing me into an unfamiliar state in which I felt a weird mixture of things, all unpleasant, all at the same time…. READ MORE
Who Was Ben Hecht?
April 11, 2019
Adina Hoffman— Ben Hecht was “a genius,” Jean-Luc Godard declared in 1968. “He invented 80 percent of what is used in Hollywood movies today.” He “wrote stories—and he made history,”… READ MORE
David Garrick and the Club
April 8, 2019
Leo Damrosch— When I got the idea of telling the story of a famous eighteenth-century club that called itself simply “the Club,” I knew that there were incredibly rich resources… READ MORE
Ep. 69 – Ben Hecht
February 21, 2019
A look at the life of Ben Hecht, screenwriter, reporter, playwright, novelist, and Jewish activist whose influence is still felt today. YaleUniversity · Ben Hecht Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher… READ MORE
Bridge of Spies
March 16, 2018
Molly Haskell— Bridge of Spies, Spielberg’s 2015 Cold War thriller and Academy Award nominee, is based on the exchange of prisoners following the 1960 U-2 incident. Full of meticulous period… READ MORE
Streisand – Redefining Beauty, Femininity, and Power
October 1, 2017
Neal Gabler— She always seemed to be an example. She was an example of chutzpah. As one fan would say of Streisand’s legacy, “For me, it began with her first… READ MORE
The Legacy of Jane Austen and the Industry of “Jane Austen”
June 20, 2017
Fiona Stafford– When Jane Austen spoke of being “in love with” Clarkson, in a private letter of 1813, she was referring to the indefatigable antislavery campaigner Thomas Clarkson and his… READ MORE
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