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Live Free or Die: The Poetry of Robert Frost and Donald Hall at Bookstock
Live Free or Die: The Poetry of Robert Frost and Donald Hall at Bookstock
By Sarah Bennett
August 01, 2013

Robert Frost and Donald Hall — two iconic, though very different New Hampshire poets — got their due at the Bookstock Literary Festival.

 
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Book Sword: David Sedaris, Margaret Atwood, Tom Robbins & More
Book Sword: David Sedaris, Margaret Atwood, Tom Robbins & More
By Kate Gavino
August 01, 2013

We take literary-minded words and anagram them to find ... deeper meaning? Hidden truth? Happy coincidence?

 

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Strange Finds: "Flavors"
Strange Finds: "Flavors"
By jake goldman
July 31, 2013

An assortment of poetry, autobiography, drawings and humor that is as heartfelt as it is silly.

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Book Sword: Sylvia Plath, Adrienne Rich, Frank O’Hara & More
Book Sword: Sylvia Plath, Adrienne Rich, Frank O’Hara & More
By Kate Gavino
July 26, 2013

We take literary-minded words and anagram them to find ... deeper meaning? Hidden truth? Happy coincidence?

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A Live Reading of David Rakoff’s “Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish”
A Live Reading of David Rakoff’s “Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish”
By Sarah Bennett
July 25, 2013

The author’s final book read in its entirety by family and friends

 

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Strange Finds: “Really, Miss Henderson!”
Strange Finds: “Really, Miss Henderson!”
By jake goldman
July 24, 2013

A series of crude cartoons about a group of shipwrecked men and women stranded on small islands, trying and failing to have sex with each other. Oh, there’s also cannibalism.

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Cheap Wine, Plastic Chairs: Lindsay Hunter at Studio-X New York
Cheap Wine, Plastic Chairs: Lindsay Hunter at Studio-X New York
By Freddie Moore
July 24, 2013

"Cheap Wine, Plastic Chairs" is a weekly series that celebrates everyone’s favorite part of the author reading: the Q&A. This week, Lindsay Hunter talks about short and sweet flash fiction.

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“War and Peace” and I
“War and Peace” and I
By Nelson Peters
July 19, 2013

From the natural gas fields of Northern Alberta to the Argentine Pampas, a writer wrestles with Tolstoy’s masterpiece.

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College Days: An Interview with Kristopher Jansma
College Days: An Interview with Kristopher Jansma
By Freddie Moore
July 18, 2013

The author of The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards discusses warzone workshop culture, living vicariously through characters and how we can connect writers like Fitzgerald and Hemingway.

 

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Word Sword: Dorothy Parker, Tao Lin, Poe and More
Word Sword: Dorothy Parker, Tao Lin, Poe and More
By Kate Gavino
July 15, 2013

We take literary-minded words and anagram them to find ... deeper meaning? Hidden truth? Happy coincidence?

 

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