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“Her Novels Were Not For Men.” On Suat Derviş, Turkish Novelist

Federico García Lorca predicted his own death in a poem.

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Absalom, Absalom!?">How Much Did the History of American Chattel Slavery Shape William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom!?

No one knows why Ambrose Bierce disappeared, but here are some theories.

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Don Quixote">On the Storied Life of Miguel de Cervantes and His Greatest Creation, Don Quixote

Apparently the Brontës all died so early because they spent their lives drinking graveyard water.

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