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Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

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A novel from Kelly Link! Billie Holiday! 23 new books out today.

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Na Zhong on Iris Murdoch’s The Bell

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Journalism as a Front of War: <br>On American Media and the Ideology of the Status Quo

Journalism as a Front of War:
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“Reading is no longer a race that I might win, but a lifelong companion.”

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The Physics of Fiction: How Art and Science Inspire Each Other

The Physics of Fiction: How Art and Science Inspire Each Other

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