Literature
Today in women’s history: Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” published
March 11, 2013The book, by 21-year-old Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, is frequently called the world's first science fiction novel.
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Phillip Bonosky, 1916-2013, chronicled life and politics from Pittsburgh to Phnom Penh
March 5, 2013Author Phillip Bonosky, a member of the Communist Party since 1938, died Saturday, March 2, in Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Gore Vidal: brilliant provocateur
August 8, 2012Gore Vidal was a very specific sort of figure, heir to the heritage of Oscar Wilde and Dorothy Parker. His description of himself: a "gentleman bitch."
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Left on the bookshelf: “The John Carlos Story”
February 9, 2012The name John Carlos will forever be etched in American history.
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Dickens “more relevant than ever” in Britain
February 7, 2012On the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens's birth, his biographer Claire Tomalin warned that the great novelist's depiction of injustice in society was still "amazingly relevant."
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