Nicholas Barron in Literairyland Lite

May 30, 2020

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That Time Gertrude Stein Got Mixed Up With the Nazis

Was Stein a Nazi sympathizer, or someone doing…

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Nicholas Barron in Literairyland Lite

May 26, 2020

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The Fool Who Wrote the Legendary Western Novel ‘Shane’

How Jack Schaefer’s story about an iconic…

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Nicholas Barron in Literairyland Lite

May 25, 2020

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The Story of How Charlotte Brontë Got Her Famous Name

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

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Nicholas Barron in Literairyland Lite

May 22, 2020

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

A behind-the-scenes story about…

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Nicholas Barron in Literairyland Lite

May 29, 2020

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Charles Dickens, From Poverty to Fame As An Author

Dickens went from child laborer to world-famous…

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Nicholas Barron in Literairyland Lite

May 28, 2020

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The Story of a Novel That Isn’t Necessarily Better Than the Movie

How ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ went from…

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Nicholas Barron in Literairyland Lite

May 23, 2020

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Seven Words That Inspired the Writing of a Great American Classic

The story that preceded ‘The Great…

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Nicholas Barron in Literairyland Lite

Jan 2, 2020

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Which Hogwarts House Are You?

Writers share which House at Harry Potter’s school they’d be placed

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Nicholas Barron in Literairyland Lite

May 19, 2020

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A Tribute To the Original Knickerbocker

Washington Irving’s contribution to New York

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Nicholas Barron in Literairyland Lite

May 21, 2020

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Seeing Words That Speak Truth to Power

Maya Angelou and her contribution to an African burial ground…

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These were the top 10 stories published by Literairyland Lite in 2020. You can also dive into monthly archives for 2020 by using the calendar at the top of this page.