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Mark Twain. A study finds that reading fiction may improve empathy. Carol Ann Duffy: “Poems are a form of texting.” Language fail. The Man-Booker shortlist is announced. Herewith, a cheat sheet. Philip...
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Unlikely Aphrodisiacs, and Other News
“The girls adored him and crowded out the benches, lying on the boards at his feet as there was no room to sit. He got them excited and, it was said, your best chance of seducing one was the afternoon...
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How to Talk to Lady Writers, and Other News
May or may not be competent needle-woman. “A large number of literary females are excellent needle-women, and good housewives.” Etiquette for dealing with the authoress, from 1854. You might see the...
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The Sort of Thing That Would Be Difficult to Explain to Someone from Another...
“Walter White is a bigger monster than anyone in Westeros.” —George R. R. Martin
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Stevie Nicks Writes GoT Fan Poetry, and Other News
“I would love to write some music for Game of Thrones … I’ve written a bunch of poetry about it—one for each other characters. On Jon Snow … On Arya … On Cersei and Jaime.” Stevie Nicks in Westeros....
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Stephen King Freaks Out Twitter, and Other News
Tattered Covers Books is opening an additional three outlets in Denver. The Pitchfork Review, the new print branch of the venerable music review site, drops (as they might say) this weekend. Stephen...
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Ideas of Heaven
The Bobbsey Twins series. “If there’s a heaven,” my mom said recently, “I imagine it’s filled with brand-new Barbara Pym novels I’ve never read.” There’s a particular desolation to finding you’ve...
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Chasing the (Literal) Dragon
Once I became a historian, I began to regret my teenage obsession with fantasy novels. When the Supreme Court decided Bush v. Gore and the avuncular “compassionate conservative” George W. Bush...
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Organized Chaos: An Interview with Jeff VanderMeer
“Narrative Life-Forms” illustration from Wonderbook. Jeff VanderMeer is the New York Times best-selling author of more than twenty-five books over a thirty-year career, including the best-selling...
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On the Shelf
Mark Twain. A study finds that reading fiction may improve empathy. Carol Ann Duffy: “Poems are a form of texting.” Language fail. The Man-Booker shortlist is announced. Herewith, a cheat sheet. Philip...
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Unlikely Aphrodisiacs, and Other News
“The girls adored him and crowded out the benches, lying on the boards at his feet as there was no room to sit. He got them excited and, it was said, your best chance of seducing one was the afternoon...
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How to Talk to Lady Writers, and Other News
May or may not be competent needle-woman. “A large number of literary females are excellent needle-women, and good housewives.” Etiquette for dealing with the authoress, from 1854. You might see the...
View ArticleThe Sort of Thing That Would Be Difficult to Explain to Someone from Another...
“Walter White is a bigger monster than anyone in Westeros.” —George R. R. Martin
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Stevie Nicks Writes GoT Fan Poetry, and Other News
“I would love to write some music for Game of Thrones … I’ve written a bunch of poetry about it—one for each other characters. On Jon Snow … On Arya … On Cersei and Jaime.” Stevie Nicks in Westeros....
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Stephen King Freaks Out Twitter, and Other News
Tattered Covers Books is opening an additional three outlets in Denver. The Pitchfork Review, the new print branch of the venerable music review site, drops (as they might say) this weekend. Stephen...
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Ideas of Heaven
The Bobbsey Twins series. “If there’s a heaven,” my mom said recently, “I imagine it’s filled with brand-new Barbara Pym novels I’ve never read.” There’s a particular desolation to finding you’ve...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chasing the (Literal) Dragon
Once I became a historian, I began to regret my teenage obsession with fantasy novels. When the Supreme Court decided Bush v. Gore and the avuncular “compassionate conservative” George W. Bush...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Organized Chaos: An Interview with Jeff VanderMeer
“Narrative Life-Forms” illustration from Wonderbook. Jeff VanderMeer is the New York Times best-selling author of more than twenty-five books over a thirty-year career, including the best-selling...
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