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Articles with keyword "Publishing"

The Eye of a Lady by Anonymous, ca. 1800

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The Mysterious Miss Austen

By Meredith Hindley

Two hundred years ago, Pride and Prejudice was anonymously published.

letter press type

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Do-It-Yourself Language

By Michael Adams

Esperanto, Klingon, "Oirish," and others.

Dust Jacket for "How to Do Things with Books"

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How to Do Things with Books

By Steve Moyer

Victorian novelists took dim view of bibliophiles

cover of Collier's, Sherlock Holmes

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Long Live Sherlock Holmes

By Tom Keogh

The genius detective from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has inspired a mountain of imitations.

Bram Stoker in 1906

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When Bram Met Walt

By Meredith Hindley

Before conjuring Dracula, Bram Stoker poured his soul out to America's poet.

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Editor's Note

By David Skinner

From the vaulted arch to Celebrating Freedom.

Photo portrait of Barbara Tuchman

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The Dramatist

By Meredith Hindley

Barbara Tuchman saw history as a grand tragedy

James Agee portrait, standing in a window.

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Let Us Now Praise James Agee

By Danny Heitman

The journalist who pioneered serious film criticism showed a cinematic touch in all of his writing.

"Disatisfied": a woodblock illustration by Lafcadio Hearn

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Lafcadio Hearn in New Orleans

By Danny Heitman

The misfit journalist felt at home in the marginalized world he wrote about.

 

Photo portrait of Philip Larkin

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"Moving and Memorable"

By Francis-Noël Thomas

The complete poems of Philip Larkin