Monthly Archives: December 2025

By 1930, the Harlem Renaissance was undeniably a major force in American culture. While to many the rising visibility of New York Black artists might seem like “a miracle straight out of the skies”, James Weldon Johnson wrote that it … Continue reading →

“I would live all my life in nonchalance and insoucianceWere it not for making a living, which is rather a nouciance” Ogden Nash had tried to make a living teaching, selling bonds, and writing ad copy. But after he sent … Continue reading →

“Destry Rides Again and Again and Again” quipped John D. Weaver in a 1963 article that uses Max Brand’s character as a symbol of western cliches. By then Destry’s story, first serialized in 1930 in Western Story Magazine as “Twelve … Continue reading →

The Public Domain Review has begun its own #PublicDomainDayCountdown to 2026, featuring works and authors joining the public domain in countries around the world. It leads off with William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, a sprawling family drama set in … Continue reading →