How ‘Black Beauty’ Was Written and Changed History

The story of how one of the most popular books ever…

That Time Gertrude Stein Got Mixed Up With the Nazis

Was Stein a Nazi sympathizer, or someone doing…

The Fool Who Wrote the Legendary Western Novel ‘Shane’

How Jack Schaefer’s story about an iconic…

The Story of How Charlotte Brontë Got Her Famous Name

We’d Be Quoting Charlotte Brunty If Not For Her…

How Victor Hugo Helped Save Notre-Dame

The true story of how the legendary author helped save Paris’s…

Donald Goines: Addict, Author, and Hip-Hop Influencer

The tragic life of a prominent writer of urban…

Edgar Allan Poe, the king of the macabre, fought a bitter rival

By Andrew Sanger

The Ten-Year Gestation of Barbara Kingsolver’s Most Popular Novel

A behind-the-scenes story about…

A Behind-the-Scenes Look at One of Science Fiction’s Most Prolific Authors, Kim Stanley Robinson

Why Bidwell Hollow is Moving to Substack and You May Want to, Too

Reasons why an individual or…