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JSTOR Daily Friday Reads

5 (Free!) Works of Flash Fiction

Flash fiction by Grace Paley, Helen Phillips, Clemens Setz, Vanessa Gebbie, and Josefine Klougart, available for free PDF download.
JSTOR Daily Suggested Readings

Suggested Readings: Mastodon Marrow, Pregnant Tennis, and Pet Squirrels

JSTOR Daily's Suggested Readings: Well-researched stories from around the web that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
JSTOR Daily Friday Reads

Elizabeth Strout

How Elizabeth Strout went from writing in car during her baby's naptime to becoming the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author she is today.
JSTOR Daily Suggested Readings

Suggested Readings: Henrietta Lacks, Whale Carcasses, and Your Brain on Allergies

Well-researched stories from around the web that bridge the gap between news and scholarship. Brought to you each Tuesday from the editors of JSTOR Daily.
JSTOR Daily Friday Reads

Marie Howe

Marie Howe has a new collection of poetry out. Get to know the beloved poet with these 7 poems, available for free PDF download.
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Ten Breathtaking Nature Poems

In honor of National Poetry Month, we’ve gathered some of the best nature poems from JSTOR. Including Mary Oliver, Sylvia Plath, Dylan Thomas, and others.
JSTOR Daily Friday Reads

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet Tyehimba Jess

Tyehimba Jess has won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. We found 4 of his early poems in their original publications and made them open access here.
JSTOR Daily Suggested Readings

Suggested Readings: Regime Change, Renewable Power, and Octopus Genes

Well-researched stories from around the web that bridge the gap between news and scholarship. Brought to you each ...
JSTOR Daily Friday Reads

Louise Erdrich

Friday Reads: An exclusive short story by Louise Erdrich (author of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry), originally published in The Georgia Review in 1985.
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Ten Favorite Love Poems

Love poems by Pablo Neruda, Joyce Carol Oates, Kenneth Koch, Willie Perdomo, Robert Penn Warren, Edith Wharton, and more.
JSTOR Daily Suggested Readings

Suggested Readings: Dangerous Biology, Cyborg Futures, and Emotional Learning

Well-researched stories from around the web that bridge the gap between news and scholarship. Brought to you each Tuesday from the editors of JSTOR Daily.
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Speaking for the Trees

David George Haskell's book The Song of the Trees: Stories From Nature's Great Connectors, explores trees' connections with various communities.
JSTOR Daily Suggested Readings

Suggested Readings: Conversations with Slavers, Reviving a Lost Language, and Springtime in the Wild

Well-researched stories from around the web that bridge the gap between news and scholarship. Brought to you each Tuesday from the editors of JSTOR Daily.
JSTOR Daily Friday Reads

Kathleen Rooney’s Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk

Move over flâneur, here comes the flâneuse, the female version of the famous French walkers.
JSTOR Daily Suggested Readings

Suggested Readings: Cavemen, Roe v. Wade, and the Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll

Well-researched stories from around the web about cavemen, Roe v. Wade, and the birth of rock 'n' roll.
JSTOR Daily Friday Reads

A New Novel Explores Art Theft, History, and Child Refugees

Ellen Umansky's novel The Fortunate Ones explores the psychological fallout of the World War II Kindertransport, which moved child refugees to England.
JSTOR Daily Suggested Readings

Suggested Readings: Lying Dogs, Brilliant Inventions, and the Value of Narcissism

Well-researched stories from around the web that bridge the gap between news and scholarship. Brought to you each Tuesday ...
JSTOR Daily Friday Reads

Elizabeth Bishop

Exploring the text and subtext of Elizabeth Bishop's poems, inspired by a new biography called Elizabeth Bishop: A Miracle for Breakfast.
JSTOR Daily Suggested Readings

Suggested Readings: A Turkey Funeral, a Really Weird Flower, and the Meaning of Life

Well-researched stories from around the web that bridge the gap between news and scholarship. Brought to you each Tuesday ...
JSTOR Daily Friday Reads

Mary Shelley

Someone discovered a handful of previously unpublished letters written by Mary Shelley, stashed in private house in a small English village.
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Mostafa El-Abbadi

Mostafa A. H. el-Abbadi was the visionary behind the revival of the Great Library of Alexandria, the vast Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
Extra Credit Suggested Readings from JSTOR Daily Editors

Suggested Readings: New Planets, Ineffective Drugs, and Mardi Gras Beads

Well-researched stories from around the web that bridge the gap between news and scholarship. Brought to you each Tuesday ...
Judith Butler

Judith Butler

The philosopher inspired a whole generation of American queer theorists.
JSTOR Daily Friday Reads

A George Saunders Outtake

George Saunders' trademark dark humor is especially on display in this "deleted scene" from the novella Pastoralia, available for free here.
Extra Credit Suggested Readings from JSTOR Daily Editors

Suggested Readings: Wealth, Evil, and Our Impermanent Personalities

Our pick of well-researched stories from around the web that bridge the gap between news and scholarship. From the editors of JSTOR Daily.