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Eileen O'Shaughnessy was George Orwell's largely invisible wife, intellectual partner, domestic savior, and greatest financial supporter. A new biography fills the holes in the historical record to imagine her life back into being.
A case can be made for the years 1879, 1880 and 1881 being more consequential than any others since in the making of modern Ireland. In 1879, the I...
Two new books aim to paint a fuller picture of lesbian experience than existing archives can provide. But what they leave out speaks volumes.
In this month's OPEN BOOK, the author of a new "memoir in archives" tells us about her inspirations—Sadiya Hartman, Sarah Schulman—and preference for paperbacks.
The 92NY Unterberg Poetry Center's Spring literary season continues in May and June with readings by acclaimed authors Isabel Allende, Lorrie Moore and Miriam Toews, poet Willie Perdomo – and a dramatic reading of Seamus Heaney's work by actor Ben Whishaw, among other events.