Articles with keyword "books"
Feature
In Defense of Cooper
James Fenimore Cooper was a major literary innovator with fans such as Herman Melville and Joseph Conrad. Take that, Mark Twain.
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Long Live Sherlock Holmes
The genius detective from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has inspired a mountain of imitations.
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Self-made Man
How a strident segregationist transformed into the beloved author of Little Tree.
Conversation
Wendell Berry, Landsman
NEH Chairman Jim Leach sits down with writer and farmer Wendell Berry, this year's Jefferson Lecturer.
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Lafcadio Hearn in New Orleans
The misfit journalist felt at home in the marginalized world he wrote about.
