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• JCB Literature Foundation makes award-winning titles accessible for visually-impaired - PrintWeek India

  14-04-2021 07:53 via printweek.in
  
  JCB Literature Foundation makes award-winning titles accessible for visually-impaired  PrintWeek India
  
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• International Literature Festival Dublin: shifting shapes, starting debates - The Irish Times

  14-04-2021 07:00 via irishtimes.com
  
  International Literature Festival Dublin: shifting shapes, starting debates  The Irish Times
  
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• 15 Favorite Episodes as the Book Review Podcast Turns 15

  14-04-2021 06:15 via nytimes.com
  
  Pamela Paul, the editor of the Book Review, highlights memorable episodes from her eight years hosting the show, including conversations with Robert Caro, Isabel Wilkerson, James McBride and others.
  
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• Internet Literature Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report by Application, by Region (North America, Europe, APAC, MEA), Segment Forecasts, And COVID-19 Impacts, 2014 – 2027 – KSU | The Sentinel Newspaper - KSU | The Sentinel Newspape

  14-04-2021 03:28 via ksusentinel.com
  
  Internet Literature Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report by Application, by Region (North America, Europe, APAC, MEA), Segment Forecasts, And COVID-19 Impacts, 2014 – 2027 – KSU | The Sentinel Newspaper  KSU | The Sentinel Newspaper
  
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• The tragedy of Edward Said’s career: By his life’s end, the causes for which he fought were ultimately defeated   

  13-04-2021 23:58 via newrepublic.com
  
  The tragedy of Edward Said’s career: By his life’s end, the causes for which he fought were ultimately defeated   
  
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• John Palattella: “No matter the allure or elegance of its rhetoric, apocalyptic thinking is a poor way of understanding change”   

  13-04-2021 23:58 via thepointmag.com
  
  John Palattella: “No matter the allure or elegance of its rhetoric, apocalyptic thinking is a poor way of understanding change”   
  
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• Baudelaire gave us not only the flaneur, but also the convalescent: the addled thinker driven by feverish curiosity   

  13-04-2021 23:58 via publicdomainreview.org
  
  Baudelaire gave us not only the flaneur, but also the convalescent: the addled thinker driven by feverish curiosity   
  
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• Thorstein Veblen’s reputation for adultery has been exaggerated. But his relations with women did affect his career

  13-04-2021 17:03 via thebaffler.com
  Thorstein Veblen’s reputation for adultery has been exaggerated. But his relations with women did affect his career
  
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• The magic of fusion. If the technology works, the hydrocarbons that established society as we know it will be replaced with clean power

  13-04-2021 17:03 via laphamsquarterly.org
  
  The magic of fusion. If the technology works, the hydrocarbons that established society as we know it will be replaced with clean power
  
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• Why Despite Everything, You Should Have Kids (if You Want Them)

  13-04-2021 16:35 via nytimes.com
  
  In a time of Covid-19, climate change and catastrophe, having a baby is an act of radical hope.
  
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• One Man’s Attempt to Solve a Mystery at the Top of Mount Everest

  13-04-2021 16:16 via nytimes.com
  
  In “The Third Pole,” the author and adventurer Mark Synnott documents his attempt to find the lost body of a 1924 explorer.
  
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• Bolu Babalola’s Stories Reset the Idea of Who Sees and Who Is Seen

  13-04-2021 16:14 via nytimes.com
  
  In Babalola’s debut collection, “Love in Color,” the knight in shining armor doesn’t necessarily wield a blade, but instead, the ability to see.
  
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• How Do You Write an Anthony Bourdain Book Without Anthony Bourdain?

  13-04-2021 13:46 via nytimes.com
  
  After the author and TV personality’s death, his longtime assistant was left to finish his last book, a world travel guide.
  
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• Voyages of Hope and Anguish: New Science Fiction and Fantasy

  13-04-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  “The Memory Theater,” “On Fragile Waves” and “Victories Greater Than Death” take readers tumbling through realms and ever stranger stories.
  
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• Paul Theroux’s New Novel Takes On Life’s Crashing Waves

  13-04-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  “Under the Wave at Waimea” follows a former surfer through a reflective and ultimately transformative period.
  
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• On the Run From the Nazis, Taking Train After Train

  13-04-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Written in the wake of Kristallnacht, “The Passenger,” a novel by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz, follows a Jewish man in an increasingly hostile world.
  
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• New & Noteworthy Visual Books, From Patents to Modern Art in Iran

  13-04-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A selection of recent visual books of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
  
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• Missing Girls and a Bit of Mysticism, in Paula McLain’s Debut Thriller

  13-04-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In “When the Stars Go Dark,” the author of “The Paris Wife” tries her hand at a new genre.
  
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• ‘Love Made You Black’: Gazes of Desire and Despair in a New Novel

  13-04-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Caleb Azumah Nelson’s debut, “Open Water,” sets a romance between 20-somethings against the backdrop of racial oppression in southeast London.
  
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• Katherine Heiny Shows Readers How to Pay Attention to the Little Things

  13-04-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  “Early Morning Riser” is a small-town story with meaningful ramifications.
  
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• How Can I Justify Bringing New Life Into This Terrible World?

  13-04-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In a time of Covid-19, climate change and catastrophe, having a baby is an act of radical hope.
  
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• An Old Man’s Youthful Fascinations Animate Cynthia Ozick’s New Novel

  13-04-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The protagonist of the author’s latest work, “Antiquities,” recounts his obsession with Egyptian artifacts and his boyhood friendship with an unusual classmate.
  
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• Mezcal’s the Thing in a New Cocktail Book

  13-04-2021 00:23 via nytimes.com
  
  Robert Simonson offers up scores of recipes for the Mexican spirit, and its cousin, tequila, in his latest book.
  
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• Thorstein Veblen’s reputation as an adulterer has been exaggerated. But his relations with women did affect his career 

  12-04-2021 23:58 via thebaffler.com
  Thorstein Veblen’s reputation as an adulterer has been exaggerated. But his relations with women did affect his career 
  
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• The magic of fusion. If it works, the world will change, and the hydrocarbons that established society as we know it will be replaced with clean power 

  12-04-2021 23:58 via laphamsquarterly.org
  
  The magic of fusion. If it works, the world will change, and the hydrocarbons that established society as we know it will be replaced with clean power 
  
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• “Trying to use Twitter as a public square is like hiking the Matterhorn at Disneyland. Like the Matterhorn, Twitter is an amusement, not a place for exploration"   

  12-04-2021 23:58 via hedgehogreview.com
  
  “Trying to use Twitter as a public square is like hiking the Matterhorn at Disneyland. Like the Matterhorn, Twitter is an amusement, not a place for exploration"   
  
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• How Do You Rebound From Tragedy? Begin by Welcoming the Future

  12-04-2021 15:48 via nytimes.com
  
  In JoAnne Tompkins’s debut novel, “What Comes After,” a town reeling from unimaginable loss opens its doors to a pregnant stranger.
  
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• When the Doctor Prescribes Poetry

  12-04-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  “This crisis affects more or less everyone, and poetry can help us process difficult feelings like loss, sadness, anger, lack of hope.”
  
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• Prime Cuts From Jenny Diski’s Catalog of Intimate, Witty Essays

  12-04-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  “Why Didn’t You Just Do What You Were Told?” collects a few dozen of Diski’s best pieces for the London Review of Books.
  
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• National Poetry Month: Coping With the Covid-19 Pandemic

  12-04-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  “This crisis affects more or less everyone, and poetry can help us process difficult feelings like loss, sadness, anger, lack of hope.”
  
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• Don’t Mistake Silent Endurance for Resilience

  12-04-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In powering through discomfort, I became inured to it — until I figured out how to acknowledge what I actually wanted.
  
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• It Doesn’t Take Genius to Understand Basketball. But It Helps.

  12-04-2021 06:01 via nytimes.com
  
  For his book, “How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius,” Nick Greene spoke to the best in ballet, magic and astrophysics for a fresh perspective on the sport.
  
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• To stand in front of a Brutalist building is to be humbled, "confronted by a chunk of eternity. That can be comforting — or disconcerting"  

  12-04-2021 02:53 via washingtonpost.com
  
  To stand in front of a Brutalist building is to be humbled, "confronted by a chunk of eternity. That can be comforting — or disconcerting"  
  
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• Simone Weil produced a fragmentary oeuvre, almost none of which appeared in her lifetime. Her posthumous mythology makes her hard to pin down  

  12-04-2021 02:53 via prospectmagazine.co.uk
  
  Simone Weil produced a fragmentary oeuvre, almost none of which appeared in her lifetime. Her posthumous mythology makes her hard to pin down  
  
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• George Scialabba asks: If we decide, as a society, to reject consumerism and technological addiction, is there a path forward?  

  12-04-2021 02:53 via commonwealmagazine.org
  George Scialabba asks: If we decide, as a society, to reject consumerism and technological addiction, is there a path forward?  
  
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• Glonal Internet Literature Market 2021 Industry Outlook, Research, Key Trends and Forecast to 2026 – SoccerNurds - SoccerNurds

  11-04-2021 18:38 via soccernurds.com
  Glonal Internet Literature Market 2021 Industry Outlook, Research, Key Trends and Forecast to 2026 – SoccerNurds  SoccerNurds
  
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• Young adult literature review: The Last Girl by Goldy Moldavsky - The National

  11-04-2021 17:01 via thenational.scot
  
  Young adult literature review: The Last Girl by Goldy Moldavsky  The National
  
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• Online event features dragons through British Isles literature - Manistee News Advocate

  11-04-2021 16:00 via manisteenews.com
  
  Online event features dragons through British Isles literature  Manistee News Advocate
  
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• The Sunday Read: ‘The Ghost Writer’

  11-04-2021 15:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Philip Roth was his own favorite subject. What’s left for a biographer?
  
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• Anne Beatts, Groundbreaking Comedy Writer, Dead at 74 | culture & arts , literature - The National Herald

  11-04-2021 14:34 via thenationalherald.com
  
  Anne Beatts, Groundbreaking Comedy Writer, Dead at 74 | culture & arts , literature  The National Herald
  
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• Updating Our Literature: Gender Swapped Fairy Tales - Redbrick

  11-04-2021 13:00 via redbrick.me
  
  Updating Our Literature: Gender Swapped Fairy Tales  Redbrick
  
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• Studying Shakespearean Literature May Help Medical Students Connect Better With Their Patients - ED Times

  11-04-2021 11:22 via edtimes.in
  
  Studying Shakespearean Literature May Help Medical Students Connect Better With Their Patients  ED Times
  
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• Book documents social reformers from Dalit community - The Indian Express

  11-04-2021 08:11 via indianexpress.com
  
  Book documents social reformers from Dalit community  The Indian Express
  
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• John Naisbitt, author of bestseller ‘Megatrends,’ dies at 92 - The Indian Express

  11-04-2021 07:53 via indianexpress.com
  
  John Naisbitt, author of bestseller ‘Megatrends,’ dies at 92  The Indian Express
  
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• Random Review: Book on genetics to be discussed - Albany Democrat Herald

  11-04-2021 07:20 via democratherald.com
  
  Random Review: Book on genetics to be discussed  Albany Democrat Herald
  
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• Calling All Writers & Literature Lovers! | 04/11/2021 | Event Calendar | Northern Express - northernexpress.com

  11-04-2021 06:05 via northernexpress.com
  Calling All Writers & Literature Lovers! | 04/11/2021 | Event Calendar | Northern Express  northernexpress.com
  
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• 'Literature is not just for leisure' - Deccan Herald

  10-04-2021 21:38 via deccanherald.com
  
  'Literature is not just for leisure'  Deccan Herald
  
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• Literature Review Software Market In-Depth Analysis including key players Synthesis Research Inc (Canada),MAXQDA – VERBI Software GmbH (Germany),QSR International Pty Ltd (Australia) - SoccerNurds

  10-04-2021 17:32 via soccernurds.com
  Literature Review Software Market In-Depth Analysis including key players Synthesis Research Inc (Canada),MAXQDA – VERBI Software GmbH (Germany),QSR International Pty Ltd (Australia)  SoccerNurds
  
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• Medical School Needs a Dose of the Humanities

  10-04-2021 17:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The horrors of Covid-19 may give proponents of the liberal arts an unexpected opening.
  
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• Book Commentary: Literary Legacies - Children's Literature - artsfuse.org

  10-04-2021 15:16 via artsfuse.org
  Book Commentary: Literary Legacies - Children's Literature  artsfuse.org
  
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