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    Why Read: Seven Books About Our Passion and Need for Reading

    Donna Seaman on the Books About Books You Need

     
    By Donna Seaman  June 18, 2025

    “I Feed on Queer Literature.” Michelle Tea on Her Ten Favorite Gay Books

    “Why are so many people afraid of questions?”

     
    By Michelle Tea  June 18, 2025

    Why America Can’t Get Enough of The Wizard of Oz

    Hazel Gaynor Celebrates the Films, Prequels, Sequels, and More

     
    By Hazel Gaynor  June 18, 2025

    How a “Centuries-Old” Carpet Duped Art Dealers and Curators For Decades

    Dorothy Armstrong Explores the History of Real and Fake Antique Textiles, from Central Asia to Europe

     
    By Dorothy Armstrong  June 18, 2025

    Less Matters More: Joanna Walsh on the Expansive Possibilities of the Short Story

    “The memory of these fragments is always created, as a matter of reconstruction. And creation is always hope.”

     
    By Joanna Walsh  June 18, 2025

    Summers on the Forest: What It’s Like Training to Fight Wildfires

    Kelly Ramsey Recounts Her Early Days with the US Forest Service

     
    By Kelly Ramsey  June 18, 2025