Midday refresher: “Fatal Light Awareness” by Margaret Atwood

Posted on 07/17/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Time to reset your brain, whether you’re hard at work, waiting to clock in still, or blissfully retired. Literary...

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Tagged As: Literary Hub, Poetry

University opens professor's novel, closes campus doors to him

Posted on 07/12/2019 at 11:58 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A professor has been fired before even starting his job because of his new novel’s contents. T.J. Martinson told L...

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Tagged As: Diversity, Literary Hub

What it's like to drive cross-country handing out books

Posted on 07/08/2019 at 03:53 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Maybe you traveled over the Fourth of July holiday and are feeling a bit worn out from it. Poetry to the People —...

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Books that we can look forward to for the rest of 2019

Posted on 07/03/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

So many sites have shared their best-so-far lists for 2019 that maybe you’re ready to look forward. If that’...

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How quickly did these famous novels sell in their first year?

Posted on 06/29/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Instead of “don’t judge a book by its cover,” let’s perhaps start saying “don’t judg...

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Oops: Publishers' rejection letters to famous authors

Posted on 07/02/2019 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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One of life’s great small delights is noting when so-called experts clearly whiff on a decision. Sometimes it&rsqu...

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Writers testify to Octavia E. Butler's literary legacy

Posted on 06/22/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Those of you subscribed to our bargain-book email know that Octavia E. Butler’s birthday was this week — and...

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(Un)happy anniversary, "The Picture of Dorian Gray"!

Posted on 06/20/2019 at 10:26 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde was published on this day 129 years ago, in Lippincott’s Monthly Magazin...

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The books you should read during Pride Month

Posted on 06/07/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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LGBTQ Pride Month is well under way, and if you’d prefer to celebrate it by reading rather than attending a parade...

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Poetry to the People tour takes off next week

Posted on 06/05/2019 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Fans who live in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, and Louisiana have a chance to see big-name authors...

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