Elizabeth Bishop
Exploring the text and subtext of Elizabeth Bishop's poems, inspired by a new biography called Elizabeth Bishop: A Miracle for Breakfast.
Suggested Readings: A Turkey Funeral, a Really Weird Flower, and the Meaning of Life
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Mary Shelley
Someone discovered a handful of previously unpublished letters written by Mary Shelley, stashed in private house in a small English village.
Mostafa El-Abbadi
Mostafa A. H. el-Abbadi was the visionary behind the revival of the Great Library of Alexandria, the vast Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
Suggested Readings: New Planets, Ineffective Drugs, and Mardi Gras Beads
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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.
Suggested Readings: Wealth, Evil, and Our Impermanent Personalities
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Kathleen Collins and Black Women’s Sexuality
A new book is getting a lot of attention in the literary world right now…although its author died ...
Suggested Readings: High Deductibles, Bad Marriages, and Mr. Darcy
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Zadie Smith
Ever since the publication of White Teeth, Zadie Smith has made a career of writing about the actual experiences behind topics like race and immigration.
Suggested Readings: Signing Petitions, Drinking, and Falling Asleep
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Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison, the first African American writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, was born to working-class ...
Suggested Readings: Muslim Ban, Quantified Lives, and Kratom Therapy
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George Orwell’s 1984
George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984 finds itself at the top of the best-seller lists this week, the first of Trump's presidency.
Suggested Readings: Crowd Numbers, Baby Jokes, Magic Blood
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Suggested Readings: Kompromat, Computers as Managers, and Deadly Molasses
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Wikipedia: Go Forth and Cite!
Remember what it was like to put together a school report with only the encyclopedia volumes you could find ...
Suggested Readings: Tomboys, Rumi, and Why Kids Are Like Aristotle
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Suggested Readings: Celebrating 2016, Aging Well, and Growing New Ears
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The Revelatory Rabbits of Watership Down
On Christmas Eve we lost Richard Adams, the British writer whose 1972 novel Watership Down became one of the bestselling children’s books of all time.
Suggested Readings: Inuit Genes, Depression Feasts, Hacked Elections
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