Create an account or log in to save stories. NINA MOINI: When Ember Reichgott Junge was a young state senator representing the New Hope area back in the mid-1990s, she walked into a partner dance ...

“Why her?” the journalist Mark Oppenheimer writes toward the end of his first biography, “Judy Blume: A Life.” “What is it about Judy and her work that won her so many millions of fans?” Partly talent ...

Gertraud "Traudl" Junge , born Humps, was a German editor who worked as Adolf Hitler's last private secretary from December 1942 to April 1945. After typing out Hitler's will, she remained in the ...

On Page 76 of the 1959 Hibbing, Minnesota, high school yearbook, a certain member of the senior class is quoted as vowing “to join ‘Little Richard’” after graduation. That didn’t happen. Once this ...

The arrival of April at Christina’s Luxuries brings more than just spring blossoms; it marks the return of our highly... In a welcoming community like Wiggins, securing the long-term financial ...

Francis Crick missed a crucial seminar in 1951, probably because he was seeing a lover. James Watson did go, failed to take notes and misremembered key details. As a result, their first model of DNA ...

Adolf Hitler killed his own dog. Most of his other evil is well-documented now, and words alone are inadequate anyway, so let’s begin by considering this comparatively microscopic offense. For the ...

The word "genius" is regularly used for absurdly talented artists and writers. Take Lin-Manuel Miranda, a composer, lyricist, director and actor best known for creating the musical Hamilton. Not only ...

A new biography by Amy Odell offers an unflinching look at Gwyneth Paltrow’s life and career, from Hollywood royalty to wellness mogul. “Gwyneth: The Biography,” out now, follows the Oscar-winning ...

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If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. "I didn’t yet know the ways that Blume had changed the world of young people’s literature — I only knew that I loved her work," author ...