The author of 'Little Women' is an almost universally recognized name whose reputation as a morally upstanding New England spinster masked a literary double life.
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The author of 'Little Women' is an almost universally recognized name whose reputation as a morally upstanding New England spinster masked a literary double life.
Watch interview outtakes from leading Louisa May Alcott scholars, including Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Geraldine Brooks and John Matteson.
What sets 'Little Women' apart is the young woman at its center. Her name is Jo March, but her character is Louisa Alcott.
Whether he was working in Paris or Istanbul, James Baldwin never ceased to reflect on his experience as a black man in white America.
Truman Capote, one of America's most controversial and colorful authors, combed literary genius with a penchant for the glittering world of high society.