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    Here’s the shortlist for the Center for Fiction’s 2022 First Novel Prize.

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    Hundreds of authors signed a letter in support of libraries’ digital rights.

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    By Dr. Steven Novella with Bob Novella & Jay Novella  September 29, 2022
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    In Praise of Physical Books: From Symbols of Cultural Capital to… Cultural Relics?

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    Thrifted Suits, Gender Anarchy, and the Power of a Writing Uniform

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    Women Writers

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    Fiction/Non/Fiction

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    Open Form

    Celebrating One-Note Men in Legally Blonde

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    Recipes

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    Dozens of libraries in England and Wales may become “warm banks” for people who need shelter.

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    Honorée Fanonne Jeffers and Clint Smith have won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.

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    Cover Reveal

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