Title Menu: 10 Great "Minor" Works by Major Writers
/The great writers of the ages were hardly (often) one-hit wonders. In praise of diversity, the staff at OLM celebrate the lesser-known b-sides of some pretty well known pens.
Read MoreBook Review: All the Glittering Prizes
/The great diplomat and statesman John Hay is the subject of a riveting new biography
Read MoreAmerican Aristocracy: Gods of Copley Square – Centerpiece 3
/"Perhaps a little drunk might answer" was Phillips Brooks's idea of how to view Pre-Raphaelite art, several masterpieces of which he commissioned for Trinity Church. "Centerpiece" continues.
Read MoreShore to Shore
/For two generations, the great American critic and man of letters Edmund Wilson has been instructing and delighting his readers - and inspiring some of them to become critics themselves.
Read MoreQueen Elizabeth the First
/Elizabeth Hardwick joined the literary world of mid-20th century Manhattan with every intention of making her mark upon it - which she did, in review after inimitable review, taking American book-discourse to levels and places it had never reached before
Read MoreAmerican Aristocracy - Letter from Boston: Toward a New History
/Boston, so often reproved for living in its memories, may well be poised to lead the future, not in spite of its history but because of it.
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