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Jane Austen’s Legacy Lives on in Rom-Coms
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“I needed to know about houses—big and rambling houses, and how they alter people.”
L. Frank Baum’s Literary Vision of an American Century: The Wizard of Oz at 125 Years
Ed Simon on Grifters, the Chicago World Fair, and Oz as Symbol of a Modern USA
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On Translating Your Own Novel *Back* Into Your Mother Tongue
Hannes Barnard and Andreas Roman Talk to Jessica Powers
You Want to Be a Better Writer? Observe Chicken Behavior
Malia Márquez on Learning to Tend and Feed Writerly Impulses
A Volatile Proposition: Exploring Life Inside Earth’s Most Extreme Environments
Karen G. Lloyd Reflects on a Risky Journey Into the Crater of Costa Rica’s Poás Volcano
When Bees Discover the Scientists Who Dedicated Their Lives to Studying Them
From Peter Kuper’s Illustrated Natural History, “Insectopolis”
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