Declan Kiely and Isaac Gewirtz, curators of the new Morgan Library exhibit Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul, reveal a more complex, nuanced biography of the American author than the tortured-looking daguerreotypes and tales of horror might at first glance suggest. Terror of the Soul charts Poe’s life and influence on later authors through manuscripts, letters, original publications, and artwork.
Lewis Lapham talks to Michael Kazin, author of War Against War: The American Fight for Peace, 1914-1918. More
Lewis H. Lapham speaks with the author of Never Forget Our People Were Always Free: A Parable of American Healing. More
Lewis Lapham talks with historian Amanda Foreman about Britain’s role in the American Civil War. More
Lewis H. Lapham speaks with the author of The People, No. More
Lewis H. Lapham speaks with the author of God and Mammon: Chronicles of American Money. More
Lewis H. Lapham speaks with the coauthor of The Dawn of Everything. More
