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Time Travel Romance and Haunted TV Channels: October’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy

Time Travel Romance and Haunted TV Channels: October’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy

Thrilling and Chilling Reads from Claire North, Audrey Niffenegger, Yoon Ha Lee, and More

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Now and Then, Mothers and Daughters, Sonnets and Sequences: Seven Poetry Books to Read This Month

Now and Then, Mothers and Daughters, Sonnets and Sequences: Seven Poetry Books to Read This Month

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10 Great New Children’s Books Out in October 2026

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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“His output more closely resembles that of an old studio film director’s than of a typical contemporary literary novelist.”

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“He is ensuring that what he feels and what he thinks are secondary to the subject, the person who is dead or dying.”

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Happy International Translation Day!

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Nina Schuyler on Personifying a River in Craft and Creative Voice

Nina Schuyler on Personifying a River in Craft and Creative Voice

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The “Mutually Confounding” Relationship Between Librarian and Researcher

The “Mutually Confounding” Relationship Between Librarian and Researcher

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