This Week in Literary History: April 11 to April 18

April 11: On this day in 1931, the “reign of terror” as she described it is over as Dorothy Parker steps down as drama critic for The New Yorker.

 

This Week in Literary History: January 24-31

January 24: Edith Wharton is born to an old, distinguished New York family on this day in 1862.

 

This Week in Literary History: January 1st to 10th

1879: E.M. Forster, author of A Passage to India, born in London