2018 National Book Award Finalists Announced
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The Oxford Book of Footnotes* If you’ve ever waded through a large academic tome wrangling with a sequence of footnotes at the bottom of nearly every page, you’ll appreciate this piece by Bruce McCall in The New Yorker. How Doctors Use Poetry A Harvard medical student describes how he is learning to both treat and
Introducing a New Category: Older Adults in Literature
Over on my personal blog I write on topics of interest to people approaching or already into their retirement years. When writing on the United Nations’ International Day of Older Persons, which occurs each year on October 1, I included a list of five novels that feature older adult characters. Being of retirement age myself,
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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month With These Books by Latinx and Hispanic Authors | Bookish
Source: Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month With These Books by Latinx and Hispanic Authors | Bookish National Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated between September 15 and October 15 each year, and honors the many contributions of Americans with roots in South and Central America, the Caribbean, Spain, and Mexico. To mark the occasion, we’ve gathered some
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ARE WE ALL GASLIGHTERS? How Crime Fiction Helps Us Understand The Part Communities Play in Continuing Abuse The psychological concept of gaslighting takes its name from the film Gaslight starring Ingrid Bergman: Gaslighting is a common aspect of abusive relationships, both in fiction and in real life. An abuser uses a variety of methods to
Today is National Coffee Day!
And for those of us who like a healthy dose of reading with our coffee, there’s this:
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19 Controversial Books to Read with Your Book Club
Source: 19 Controversial Books to Read with Your Book Club Are you looking for a bold new book that’s sure to get conversation going with your book club? We’ve compiled a list of some of the most controversial books included on the American Library Association’s annual list of books that have recently been restricted, removed,
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Do we really still need Banned Books Week? – The Washington Post
Source: Do we really still need Banned Books Week? – The Washington Post The answer to the question, as Mr. Charles himself comes to realize, is a resounding yes.
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10 Banned Books We Read and Re-Read | Challenged and Banned Books
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