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How Professional Readers Read for Pleasure

How Professional Readers Read for Pleasure

A Brief Survey of How the Pros Slow Down

By Jessica Ferri | October 9, 2015

Ta-Nehisi Coates Has Given #Black Lives Matter Its Foundational Text

Ta-Nehisi Coates Has Given #Black Lives Matter Its Foundational Text

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Ruminations On America, Harvard Square, 1965

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<em>Don Quixote</em>: Sloppy, Inconsistent, Baffling, Perfect

Don Quixote: Sloppy, Inconsistent, Baffling, Perfect

On the Magical Hyper-realism of a 400-Year-Old Classic

By Ilan Stavans | October 7, 2015

A Phone Call From Paul: Claudia Rankine

A Phone Call From Paul: Claudia Rankine

In Which Casual Stalking, Hybridity, and the Fine Art of Rereading Are Discussed

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When Pen Names Become People

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Jonathan Franzen: On Page-Turners and Big Ideas

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The Literary Heirs of the Great Carraway

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The Time I Got Really Stoned and Interviewed Jesse Eisenberg

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