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Jane Mount illustrates striking libraries around the world.

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In which Mandy Len Catron illustrates the frustration of the book publishing process.

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In honor of Take Your Dog to Work Day (which is, apparently, a thing), 12 beloved writers and their canine companions.

#take your dog to work day #dogs #writers #lit

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“You write what you want to write in the way that it has to be.“  In honor of Anne Carson’s birthday, we’ve collected some of her best thoughts on writing.

#anne carson #lit #writing

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As Gemini season draws to a close, Randon Rosenbohm enumerates their *many* positive qualities through the lens of beloved Gemini writers.

#astrology #geminis #gemini season #writers of the zodiac #randon rosenbohm

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Remember when our President liked books? We’ve compiled Barack Obama’s reading recommendations, for old time’s sake.

#barack obama #reading lists #recommended reads #recommended reading

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Dear Book Therapist: How do I survive my C - marriage? See Rosalie Knecht’s advice, and literary prescription, here.

#book therapist #rosalie knecht

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Is this the biggest book cover trend of the year? All evidence points to yes.

#book covers #book design #lit #literature

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Celebrate Father’s Day with photographs of 13 famous authors and their fathers.

#father's day #dads #f. scott fitzgerald

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We did some sports content. . . a book for each of the 32 countries competing in the 2018 World Cup.

#world cup #lit #reading lists #recommended reading

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“Out of the quarrel with others we make rhetoric; out of the quarrel with ourselves we make poetry.”  — William Butler Yeats, who was born today in 1865. 

#william butler yeats #w.b. yeats #poetry #lit

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"Morbid? You make me laugh. This life I write and draw and portray is life as it is, and therefore you call it morbid." — Djuna Barnes, who was born today in 1892.

#djuna barnes #lit #literature

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“It’s very likely Gabo started writing Autumn of the Patriarch in the very room from which I’m writing this story now.” In which a writer discovers she has rented Gabriel García Márquez’s former apartment.

#Gabriel García Márquez #barcelona #writing #writers #lit #Lucia Benavides

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From a tragicomedy from Iraq to a razor-sharp take on being a mistress, from Sweden, 5 great books you may have overlooked last month.

#Muhsin Al-Ramli #The President’s Gardens #Lena Andersson #Acts of Infidelity #Malcolm Hansen #They Come in All Colors #Casey Plett #Little Fish #Dag Solstad #T Singer #Bethanne Patrick

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Bought for $17 and sold for $17,000? From Batman to Thomas Paine, 8 recent rare book finds in unlikely places.

#rare books #lit

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Today in 1949, 1984 was published. Upon its publication, critic V.S. Pritchett wrote, “I do not think I have ever read a novel more frightening and depressing.”

#george orwell #1984 #v.s. pritchett #book reviews #lit #literature

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"Travel isn't always pretty. It isn't always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that's okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind."

Beloved food and travel writer Anthony Bourdain has died at 61.