Ossian, Rude Bard of the North
Ossian once rivaled Homer in the Western literary canon. Whatever happened to him?
Politics on the Prairie: Laura Ingalls Wilder and Rose Wilder Lane
A new collection of letters sheds light on the fraught relationship between Laura Ingalls Wilder and her daughter.
Is ‘Amadeus’ Worth Rewatching?
Archivists have finally located a long-lost co-production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri, a find that ought ...
The Lonely City: What Past Artists Tell Us About the Present
What can we learn from Lonely City artists like David Wojnarowicz in our age of hyper-connectivity?
Language Loss in a Time of War
War happens when words no longer work. Yet war is declared at the very point when words are at their most powerful. Chi Luu examines language loss in war.
What “Colonial Kitchens” Say About America
We've been fantasizing about colonial kitchens since soon after the Colonial era itself was over. What's that about?
The Submerged Sexuality of Constance Fenimore Woolson’s Fiction
Constance Fenimore Woolson was a renown American Realist writer in her day, but has since almost disappeared. Two new books attempt to change that.
Artist-Designer John Preus
Artist John Preus maintains a professional design studio that uses 2nd hand materials, including discarded furniture from closed Chicago Public Schools.
