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Cheap Wine, Plastic Chairs: Sam Lipsyte at Strand Bookstore
Cheap Wine, Plastic Chairs: Sam Lipsyte at Strand Bookstore
By Kate Gavino
May 09, 2013

A weekly series that celebrates everyone’s favorite part of the author reading: the Q&A. This week, Sam Lipsyte discusses the moment he found his writing niche.

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Book Sword: Sam Lipsyte, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Sherlock Holmes
Book Sword: Sam Lipsyte, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Sherlock Holmes
By Kate Gavino
May 01, 2013

Everyone from Galileo to Jim Morrison to countless Scrabble wordsmiths have played around with letters to form their perfect anagrams. We take literary-minded words and anagram them to find ... well, that's up to you. A deeper meaning? A hidden truth? Or just a happy coincidence?

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6 March Book Releases and Their Girl Scout Cookie Companions
6 March Book Releases and Their Girl Scout Cookie Companions
By Kate Gavino
February 27, 2013

It’s Girl Scout Cookie season, and when you’re tearing through yet another sleeve of Thin Mints, you’re going to want a good book on hand to assuage the gluttonous guilt.

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