A new biography and film about Yoko Ono offer more opportunities to assess her contributions to culture. Two pop music ...

Mr. Rollyson is the author of “American Biography.” Mr. Rollyson is the author of The Life of William Faulkner and The Last Days of Sylvia Plath. He has published fourteen biographies and has written ...

In 1980, Mr. Furrier was working for a tree trimming company when his childhood friend and neighbor ... that’s what Sylvia Plath typed her poetry on.’” Mr. Furrier has since stayed busy ...

The author of Curandera, which has been longlisted for the 2025 Ondaatje Prize, on Nigerian folklore, writing about women of ...

How Sad, How Lovely,” the name of the album containing 60-year-old recordings by Connie Converse, aptly describes the life of the New England singer-songwriter who never quite hit it big. “In December ...

Her work recalls other great writers of the self, like Annie Ernaux and Sylvia Plath, and the critical eye Hood brings ... has hinted in songs at the turmoil she experienced in her childhood, but her ...

Receive free articles, highlights from the archive, news, details of prizes, and much more. The dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945 has long been regarded as a historical watershed ...