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What We Talk About When We Talk About Binge-Reading
What We Talk About When We Talk About Binge-Reading
By Alex Trivilino
August 21, 2014

Books aren’t television, making “binge-reading” a phrase that doesn’t need to catch on.

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Was the End of Harry Potter "Good?"
Was the End of Harry Potter "Good?"
By Alex Trivilino
July 21, 2014

Seven years to the day of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ publication, it’s finally long enough for us to seriously consider: Is the series’s ending any good?

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A Daydreamer in the Night: An Introduction to Steven Millhauser
A Daydreamer in the Night: An Introduction to Steven Millhauser
By Alex Trivilino
July 16, 2014

Through his countless short stories and immersive novels, meet a writer who’s at the intersection of Borges and Nabokov, Karen Russell and H. P. Lovecraft.

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4 Great Films Inspired by 4 Great Short Stories — Which You Can Read Free Online!
4 Great Films Inspired by 4 Great Short Stories — Which You Can Read Free Online!
By Alex Trivilino
June 12, 2014

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Minority Report, Everything Must Go — all based on short stories, all available to read right now.

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Papercuts Welcome: 7 Books You Shouldn't Read as eBooks
Papercuts Welcome: 7 Books You Shouldn't Read as eBooks
By Alex Trivilino
April 23, 2014

Put down your iPhone, iPad, iWhatever for a second, and pick up one of these collections of printed sheets of paper bound together to tell a story. You know, books.

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Stop Watching TV & Read a Fucking Book: Lit Pairings for Your Favorite Shows
Stop Watching TV & Read a Fucking Book: Lit Pairings for Your Favorite Shows
By Alex Trivilino
March 20, 2014

Television is atrophying your brain. Stop it with a good book or 10.

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