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    Why Do I Still Care If the US Men’s Basketball Team Wins Gold?

    By Benjamin Markovits  August 19, 2016
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    When the Beatles Played Memphis,50 Years Ago Today

    By Jon Savage  August 19, 2016
    Essay

    My Grandfather, the French Resistance Fighter

    By Rachel Hall  August 19, 2016
    What to Read

    Use the Following Words in a Sentence: Traffic. Tumor. High Heels. Jet Lag. Personal Stereo.

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    The Field of the Cloth of Gold

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    Essay

    Why Do Writers Love Birding So Much?

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    Feature

    The Birth of a Small Town Bookstore

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    Criticism

    You’re Probably Misreading Robert Frost’s Most Famous Poem

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    Treyf: My Life as an Unorthodox Outlaw

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    How to Arrange Your Kitchen: According to Julia Child

    By Pamela Heyne  August 17, 2016
    Feature

    The Ultimate Literary Ten-Course Meal

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    By Literary Hub  August 17, 2016
    Feature

    Why The Futurist Cookbook Was the First Lifestyle Blog

    By Amanda Arnold  August 17, 2016
    Feature

    5 Fictional Vegetarians Who Defy Stereotypes

    By Kristen Martin  August 17, 2016
    Excerpts

    What Does Silence Mean in the Age of Digital Noise?

    By Laurence Scott  August 16, 2016
    Essay

    When Was My Mother No Longer My Mother?

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    Essay

    How Does a Skeleton Become Famous?

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    What to Read

    Five Books Making News This Week: Floods, Ponds, and Grief

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    Essay

    Our Language is Ever Updating, But Meaning Remains

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    Essay

    The Secret Love of Edith Wharton’s Life

    By Yvonne Georgina Puig  August 15, 2016
    Essay

    Reading the Partition of India

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    What to Read

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    Essay

    Vu Tran: The Uncertain Memories of a Four-Year-Old Refugee

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    Profile

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    By Gemma de Choisy  August 12, 2016
    How to read in public

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