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We Have Always Been Plagued by Literary Scammers
Narcissistic, Ego-Driven Editors Promising the World? Yup.
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Nick Ripatrazone
| August 13, 2019
38 Americanisms the British Can't Bloody Stand
To Some of Us, Grammar Feels Personal
By
Gyles Brandreth
| August 12, 2019
My Life as Poet Laureate (of a Law Firm)
Elizabeth Bales Frank on the Pleasures and Perils of Introducing Attorneys to Poetry
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Elizabeth Bales Frank
| July 23, 2019
20 Ways to Be a Great Literary Citizen, According to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Advice on dealing with envy, gout, and rivals you'd like to put to death
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Adam Ehrlich Sachs
| May 23, 2019
Ann Beattie: What to Eat When Your Book Tour Comes to an End
An Essential Guide, from Newt Soup to Armagnac
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Ann Beattie
| May 22, 2019
How to Raise a Strapping, Manly Little Boy (Victorian Edition)
"Expose the fetus to a good balance of manly influences while in utero."
By
Therese Oneill
| April 16, 2019
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Janet Malcolm
| February 21, 2019
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Elizabeth McCracken
| February 5, 2019
Making Dad Jokes is, in Fact, a Neurological Condition
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James Geary
| December 18, 2018
In Which I, Nathan Englander, Offer Myself Up for Space Force
“I’m Just the Kind of Unqualified Candidate This President Loves.”
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Nathan Englander
| August 15, 2018
What If You Win a Comedy Award But Don't Think You're Funny?
Julie Schumacher, "Funniest Woman in America", on What People Expect of Humor
By
Julie Schumacher
| August 14, 2018
How Librarians Survive on the Frontlines of Fake News
Kristen Arnett Goes in for Some Hardcore Librarianing (Sure, It's a Verb)
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Kristen Arnett
| July 18, 2018
Aisha Tyler on Possibly the Worst Night of Her Comedy Life
What Could Go Wrong Doing Stand-Up at a Southern Christian College?
By
Aisha Tyler
| July 12, 2018
My Life is Like a Movie... Starring Librarians!
Kristen Arnett Comes to Terms with Libraries in Pop Culture
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Kristen Arnett
| June 6, 2018
How to Run Storytime Without Boring Everyone to Death
(Or Suffering a Nervous Breakdown)
By
Kristen Arnett
| May 16, 2018
For Libraries, the "Customer is Always Right" Might Be Wrong
Kristen Arnett: Hard Lessons Learned from the Front Desk
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Kristen Arnett
| May 2, 2018
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