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Stanley Plumly

Stanley Plumly is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland and the author, most recently, of The Immortal Evening: A Legendary Dinner with Keats, Wordsworth, and Lamb.

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Meeting the Test of Time

Why some wordsmiths stay and others fade away

by Stanley Plumly | Wednesday, March 04, 2015
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Everything In Its Right Place

by Stanley Plumly | Monday, June 06, 2016
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The Art of the Sentence

by Stanley Plumly | Monday, November 10, 2014
Smarty Pants Podcast

THIS WEEK’S ARCHIVE PICK

2nd Look

The Case for Motherhood

by Jean Kim

Postpartum depression, Jean Kim writes, “seems like the last feminine taboo, stronger than crack babies or neglect: a mother hating her newborn child.” In honor of the women and mothers often left out this weekend, we revisit one of our favorite essays, in which a psychiatrist wonders what it means to want a child, have a child, or have a child you do not want.