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Notes on Chicken Paprikas
Notes on Chicken Paprikas
By Rebecca Golden
May 02, 2014

A recipe passed down from grandmother to mother to daughter creates new connections to friends and family across three continents.

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Artifacts of Note: An Internet Exhibit of Author Memorabilia
Artifacts of Note: An Internet Exhibit of Author Memorabilia
By Freddie Moore
April 30, 2014

For readers who would steal one of Hemingway’s polydactyl cats if they could.

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Shakespeare Wilding Out: 5 Rumors About the Bard
Shakespeare Wilding Out: 5 Rumors About the Bard
By George Dobbs
April 29, 2014

From being a rotten poacher to a party animal, we parse fact and fiction regarding the most famous man in English literature.

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Nancy Drew, You're My Hero
Nancy Drew, You're My Hero
By Freddie Moore
April 28, 2014

The first three volumes of Nancy Drew books were published 84 years ago today, beginning a series that would inspire girls everywhere.

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Celebrate the Library of Congress’s 214th Birthday with a Few Surprising Facts
Celebrate the Library of Congress’s 214th Birthday with a Few Surprising Facts
By Adina Applebaum
April 24, 2014

The Library of Congress: making our government cool since before Obama had Twitter.

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Celebrate Charlotte Bronte's Birthday with 10 Books That Aren't Jane Eyre
Celebrate Charlotte Bronte's Birthday with 10 Books That Aren't Jane Eyre
By Michelle King
April 21, 2014

Because sure, you could read Jane Eyre again, but why not pick up one of these 10 other great Bronte books instead?

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The Real-Life Inspiration of Edgar Allan Poe’s First Detective Story
The Real-Life Inspiration of Edgar Allan Poe’s First Detective Story
By Benjamin Welton
April 18, 2014

One-hundred-and-seventy-three years after the publication of Poe’s “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” we celebrate its inspiration: Detective Eugene Vidocq.

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How the Hell Did People Make Books During Medieval Times?
How the Hell Did People Make Books During Medieval Times?
By George Dobbs
April 16, 2014

Sadly, it wasn’t all dragon-skin parchment and unicorn pencils.

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A Seder Reader: 6 Books to Pick up This Passover
A Seder Reader: 6 Books to Pick up This Passover
By Genna Rivieccio
April 15, 2014

Great Passover-related titles that you don’t want to pass up even if you're a gentile.

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Happily Never After: 5 Surprise Dystopias in Literature
Happily Never After: 5 Surprise Dystopias in Literature
By David Forbes
April 09, 2014

Once upon a time, there was a horde of ravenous zombies … or an endless nuclear fallout … or an alien race of slug overlords….

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