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    Emergence Magazine

    Kimberly Ruffin Shares Her Guided Practice of Walking Through the Forest

    By Emergence Magazine  July 12, 2021
    The History of Literature

    Paintings in Literature: A Conversation with German Artist Charlie Stein

    By History of Literature  July 12, 2021
    The Hub

    Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

    By Book Marks  July 9, 2021
    Travel

    Now you can buy the glorious mansion where Mark Twain died.

    By Walker Caplan  July 9, 2021
    The Hub

    Javier Bardem is your new Lyle, Lyle Crocodile.

    By Dan Sheehan  July 9, 2021
    The Hub

    13 books perfectly summed up with one-liners from Gilmore Girls.

    By Katie Yee  July 9, 2021
    The Hub

    Sleeping or Dead? and other hilarious “practical books for librarians” in pulp classic form.

    By Emily Temple  July 9, 2021
    The Hub

    “She died sniffing life, and enjoying it.” Read E.B. White’s witty obituary for his dog Daisy.

    By Vanessa Willoughby  July 9, 2021
    The Hub

    Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist will finally be made into a movie, courtesy Will Smith.

    By Emily Temple  July 9, 2021
    Prison memoir

    Danny Trejo on Doing Time with Charles Manson and Finding Freedom in the Boxing Room

    By Danny Trejo with Donal Logue  July 9, 2021
    Interview with an Indie Press

    Interview with an Indie Press: Belt Publishing

    By Corinne Segal  July 9, 2021
    Running

    On the Ecstasy—and Agony—of Running an Ultramarathon in Your Seventies

    By Bernd Heinrich  July 9, 2021
    Alcohol

    The Science of Happy Hour: On the Irresistible Chemistry of Your Favorite Drinks

    By Kate Biberdorf  July 9, 2021
    The Literary Life

    Richard Flanagan on Writing (and Rewriting) Through the Devastating Bushfires in Tasmania and Australia

    By The Literary Life  July 9, 2021
    Jewish Literature

    What Makes Jewish Literature “Jewish”?

    By Ilan Stavans  July 9, 2021
    Mental health

    How Crafting Got Me Through the Worst 700 Days of My Life

    By Kelly Williams Brown  July 9, 2021
    Keen On

    David Potter on What Lenin and Luther Can Teach Us About Our Age of Disruption

    By Keen On  July 9, 2021
    Memoir

    “You Can’t Hide the Ocean.” On Finding My Way to the Interminable Sea

    By Cai Chongda  July 9, 2021
    The Virtual Book Channel

    WATCH: Brian Broome, Nichole Perkins, Lilly Dancyger, and Courtney Cook at the Franklin Park Reading Series

    By The Virtual Book Channel  July 9, 2021
    The Craft of Writing

    Anne Lamott on Writing Compelling Dialogue

    By Anne Lamott  July 9, 2021
    The Hub

    A nun just unearthed a previously unknown Dante manuscript.

    By Walker Caplan  July 8, 2021
    The Hub

    Read the story that just won the biggest short story prize in the world.

    By Walker Caplan  July 8, 2021
    The Hub

    What parents and teachers are getting wrong about childhood reading preferences.

    By Jonny Diamond  July 8, 2021
    The Hub

    Exclusive: NoViolet Bulawayo’s next novel, Glory, is coming your way this spring.

    By Emily Temple  July 8, 2021
    Friendship

    When Franklin Pierce Saved Nathaniel Hawthorne from Financial Ruin

    By Gary Ginsberg  July 8, 2021
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