American Writers
If Isaac Asimov Had Named The Smartphone, He Might Have Called It The “Pocket Computer Mark II”
The sci-fi author correctly predicted a number of innovations that have come to pass
Lawyer Wants to Make Harper Lee’s Hometown a Haven for Tourists
Monroeville, Alabama, could change with a proposed Harper Lee Trail
The Short, Frantic, Rags-to-Riches Life of Jack London
Jack London State Historic Park, home to the rough and tumble troublemaker with a prolific pen
One of the First Female Rock Critics Battled Sexism and Obscurity To Document the 1970s
Willis was The New Yorker’s first pop music critic, but to her, everything was open for criticism
“Call Me Ishmael” Is the Only Melville Tradition in This Innovative Presentation of “Moby Dick”
Visceral, kinesthetic, cinematic, aural and psychological, Arena Stage’s new show about the 19th-century novel is a 21st-century experience
Google Makes Ledger Art to Celebrate Legendary Native American Author James Welch
In an exclusive interview with Smithsonian.com, artist Sophie Diao talks about what inspired today's Google Doodle
Legal Dispute Over Maurice Sendak’s Epic Book Collection Gets Wild
A legal rumpus has concluded—but have concerns about the author's legacy only just begun?
These Women Reporters Went Undercover to Get the Most Important Scoops of Their Day
Writing under pseudonyms, the so-called girl stunt reporters of the late 19th century played a major role in exposing the nation's ills
Channel Childhoods Gone By With This Digital Archive of Victorian Children’s Books
From nursery rhymes to religious lectures, this digital archive shows how kids read in a bygone age
Eleven Years After Katrina, What Lessons Can We Learn Before the Next Disaster Strikes?
Author and playwright John Biguenet offers his thoughts on the narrative of destruction
The Powerful Objects From the Collections of the Smithsonian's Newest Museum
These artifacts each tell a part of the African-American story
The Fight to Preserve Langston Hughes’ Harlem Home From Gentrification
A new kind of Harlem renaissance is threatening the home of one of America's greatest poets
Love Truman Capote? Buy His Ashes
Is the sale of Capote’s earthy remains a gauche publicity stunt or an act worthy of the audacious author?
Visit the Original Lorax Tree in Dr. Seuss's San Diego
Check out these Seuss-related sites in Theodore Geisel's adopted hometown
Sarah Winnemucca Devoted Her Life to Protecting Native Americans in the Face of an Expanding United States
The 19th-century visionary often found herself stuck between two cultures
See the Gutenberg Bible, 32,000 3D Mechanical Puzzles and a Lock of Edgar Allen Poe’s Hair at This Rare Library
Curiosity is a credential at Indiana University Library’s Lilly Library
For Rolling Stones Fans, This Book Is a Dream Come True
Journalist and author Rich Cohen first covered the Stones on tour in the 90s. Now he revisits that trip and the band’s epic history
Five Fascinating Details About the Media Mogul Who May Have Written 'Mary Had a Little Lamb'
Everywhere that Sarah Josepha Hale went, success was sure to go
The Forgotten Dust Bowl Novel That Rivaled "The Grapes of Wrath"
Sanora Babb wrote about a family devastated by the Dust Bowl, but she lost her shot at stardom when John Steinbeck beat her to the punch
Listen to a Rare Interview With Harper Lee
“[A]ll I want to be is the Jane Austen of South Alabama,” she told radio host Roy Newquist in 1964
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