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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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On Dr. Seuss
Stephen KingIt was my first encounter with a horror story, because poor Bartholomew was going to get his head chopped off if he couldn’t take off his hat for the king.
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On Henry Roth's Call It Sleep
Sam LipsyteMany books made me a reader. But one book that stands out from my younger years is Henry Roth’s Call It Sleep, which I believe...
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On King Arthur and Thomas Mann's Disorder and Early Sorrow
William GassTwo books made me a reader. I dragged my anchor and sat through the fourth grade sullen and slow, my cargo a hold full of negativities, and even...
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On Ernest Hemingway's In Our Time...and more
George SaundersThe book that first made me a reader was In Our Time, by Ernest Hemingway, and a specific edition of the book: a hardcover, probably...
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On Watership Down
Junot DíazLike some, I became a reader as soon as I learned to read.
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The Dictionary
Esmeralda SantiagoBefore I loved reading, I loved words. Palabras, in Spanish. When I was eight in Puerto Rico, a traveling salesman came to our one-room...
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Jane Marcus
Ben MarcusA person, not a book, made me a reader. Her name is Jane Marcus. She was born on January 23, 1938, in St. Albans, Vermont
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On Henryk Sienkiewicz's historical trilogy
Louis BegleyBetween the age of nine and twelve, I read nonstop. Circumstances of my life in Poland during World War II were such that there was little else I could do safely.
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On The Jungle Book
David WroblewskiIt helps to imagine your reading life as a staircase rather than a doorway—a winding staircase, with each tread a book, and each riser your...