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    The New Silences of Rome Under Quarantine

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    Viewing Blackness Through the Lives of the Medici

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    Trees

    The Loneliest Tree in the World

    By Stefano Mancuso  March 24, 2020
    Literary Biographies

    Young William Faulkner in the French Quarter

    By Carl Rollyson  March 24, 2020
    Disasters

    At the Very Beginning of the Great Alaska Earthquake

    By Jon Mooallem  March 24, 2020
    Reading Lists

    Cameron Esposito: Five Books for a Queer Road Trip

    By Cameron Esposito  March 24, 2020
    Feminism

    Can Feminist Manifestoes of the Past Wake Us Up Today?

    By Soraya Chemaly  March 24, 2020
    The Antibody Reading Series

    The Antibody: Starring Kendra Allen, Maisy Card, and Hilary Leichter

    By The Antibody Reading Series  March 23, 2020
    Life in a Pandemic

    Here’s how to support worker relief funds for booksellers trying to survive coronavirus closures.

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    The Hub

    Ruchika Tomar has won the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel.

    By Katie Yee  March 23, 2020
    The Hub

    Libraries that close due to coronavirus should keep the Wi-Fi on, says ALA.

    By Corinne Segal  March 23, 2020
    Life in a Pandemic

    Help a bookstore, buy a gift card! #BuyGiftCards

    By Jonny Diamond  March 23, 2020
    The Hub

    SMILF creator to adapt T Kira Madden’s memoir.

    By Dan Sheehan  March 23, 2020
    The Hub

    Woody Allen’s memoir has just been published after all.

    By Emily Temple  March 23, 2020
    The Hub

    Lena Dunham is publishing a serialized novel on Vogue.com.

    By Jessie Gaynor  March 23, 2020
    TV

    HBO’s The Plot Against America Betrays Philip Roth—With Excellent Results

    By Jacques Berlinerblau  March 23, 2020
    Bookstores

    So, Do You Really Want to
    Help Bookstores?

    By Brad Johnson  March 23, 2020
    Biography

    Uncovering the Hidden Love Lives of Sylvia Plath and William Faulkner

    By Carl Rollyson  March 23, 2020
    Baseball

    Babe Ruth and the Moment American Baseball Changed Forever

    By Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith  March 23, 2020
    Dystopias

    Joanna Kavenna: Stress-Testing the Apocalyptic Novel

    By Fran Bigman  March 23, 2020
    Daydreaming

    So, Is Daydreaming
    Good For Us?

    By Stefan Van der Stigchel  March 23, 2020
    Insects

    Here Are Some Crazy Close-Up Portraits of Ordinary Bugs

    By Daniel Kariko  March 23, 2020
    Climate Change

    The Heart and the Earth Record Their Pain

    By Kristine Ong Muslim  March 23, 2020
    The Online Literary Happy Hour

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    By The Virtual Book Channel  March 20, 2020
    Sheltering

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    By The Virtual Book Channel  March 20, 2020
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