The New Yorker

How “The Great Gatsby” Took Over High School

In the spring of 1940, F. Scott Fitzgerald was worried about “The Great Gatsby.” It had been fifteen years since the novel was published, and the author had little to show for it. “My God I am a ...
NPR

100 years later, 'The Great Gatsby' still speaks to the troubled dream of America

The Great Gatsby — 100 years old? How can that be? To borrow the words F. Scott Fitzgerald used to describe New York City in the 1920s, The Great Gatsby possesses "all the iridescence of the beginning ...
The Courier-Journal

Here are 10 ways to celebrate the 100th anniversary of 'The Great Gatsby' in Louisville

WHAT: Guess the secret password and step back in time to a 1920s-style speakeasy. Once inside, an F. Scott Fitzgerald expert will take you on a journey through the author's life and discuss the city’s ...
Los Angeles Times

A Black reimagining of ‘The Great Gatsby’ spotlights a hidden L.A. history

In 2022, Kyra Davis Lurie heard a story on KCRW’s “Curbed Los Angeles” about the residents of South L.A.’s West Adams Heights, nicknamed Sugar Hill after a community of wealthy Black Harlemites.