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10 Wonderful Children's Poets You Should Know

10 Wonderful Children's Poets You Should Know

In Honor of Shel Silverstein, Who Died 18 Years Ago Today

By Emily Temple | May 10, 2017

The Best Books About Books: Part 3

The Best Books About Books: Part 3

From the Critical to the Personal, Reflections on Reading

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5 Books Making News This Week: Parents, Publishing, and Palestine

Richard Ford, Pamela Paul, Hala Alyan, and More

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Who Will Win the Literary Kentucky Derby?

Fictional Horses, Ranked by their Chances

By Emily Temple | May 5, 2017

A Man Who Spent 27 Years Alone in the Woods on the Best of Hermit Literature

A Man Who Spent 27 Years Alone in the Woods on the Best of Hermit Literature

What Christopher Knight Read From His Nylon Tent in Central Maine

By Michael Finkel | May 2, 2017

Five Books Making News This Week: Monsters, Memoirs, and Mountains

Five Books Making News This Week: Monsters, Memoirs, and Mountains

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10 Debut Novels That Are Also Their Authors' Masterpieces

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Happy Birthday, Madame Bovary

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A Brief Literary History of Robots

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