Archive

Contributors

Painted portrait of former American first lady Abigail Adams.

Abigail Smith Adams

(1744 - 1818)

Renata Adler

German philosopher and music critic Theodor Adorno.

Theodor Adorno

(1903 - 1969)

Herbert Asbury

(1889 - 1963)

Color drawing of Jane Austen sitting in a chair wearing a blue dress

Jane Austen

(1775 - 1817)

Gaston Bachelard

(1884 - 1962)

James Baldwin

(1924 - 1987)

Image of French writer Honoré de Balzac with hand on chest.

Honoré de Balzac

(1799 - 1850)

Woman wearing a shawl and writing while seated in a chair

Catharine Beecher

(1800 - 1878)

St. Benedict

Saint Benedict

(c. 480 - c. 547)

Black and white photograph of Czech writer Karel Čapek.

Karel Čapek

(1890 - 1938)

English critic and author G. K. Chesterton.

G.K. Chesterton

(1874 - 1936)

Kamo no Chomei

(1155 - 1216)

Deborah Cohen

Le Corbusier

(1887 - 1965)

L.J. Davis

(1940 - 2011)

Daniel Defoe

(1660 - 1731)

Princess Der Ling

(1885 - 1944)

Italian literary critic and novelist Umberto Eco.

Umberto Eco

(1932 - 2016)

Engraving of a bearded man seated with a crutch and writing at a desk

Epictetus

(c. 55 - c. 135)

Smiling man with a mustache wearing sunglasses and a scarf

Nuruddin Farah

Judith Flanders

Black and white photograph of Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud with cigar.

Sigmund Freud

(1856 - 1949)

Betty Friedan

(1921 - 2006)