Holiday Catalog: Picks for Kids!
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Fiction, Essays & MoreThe Model Short Story
On "Salvation" by Langston Hughes
Matthew Sharpe
“Salvation” is the third chapter of Langston Hughes’s memoir The Big Sea, but this two-page tour de force of prose is also a compact...
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Book RecsThe Book That Made Me a Reader
On Henry Roth's Call It Sleep
Sam Lipsyte
Many 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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Book RecsJunior Edition
Junior Edition #36
Celia McGee
Featuring books by Angela DiTerlizzi and Elizabet Vukovic, Garth Nix and Sean Williams, J.L. Powers and M.A. Powers, and Jennifer Rush!
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Book Recs
Unnatural Environments
With weather maps of the country blazing in the orange and red of high temperatures, California’s drought still lingering, and massive earthquakes...
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Fiction, Essays & MoreThe Model Short Story
On "Sweethearts" by Richard Ford
Richard Ford
Yes, we could have played it safe and inaugurated this series with something by Chekhov or Gogol or by someone like Alice Munro, who writes nothing...
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Book RecsAuthor Picks
Five Books on the Mixed Blessings of Nostalgia
Kate Walbert
The author of The Sunken Cathedral chooses five novels that reflect on the past.
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Five Books on Horrendous Breakups
Even the most amicable of breakups are no fun. So to celebrate singlehood we’ve put together this list of awful separations
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Book RecsAuthor Picks
Five Science Fiction Books You Should Read Right Now
Ed Park
The author of Personal Days selects some not-to-miss sci-fi.
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Book RecsAuthor Picks
Five Books to Read More Than Once
Lawrence Block
The legendary crime writer selects five books that warrant re-reading.
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Book RecsAuthor Picks
Brave Dames, Great Hearts
Susan Isaacs
The author of Goldberg Variations suggests female heroines who are no damsels in distress.
