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22 Out-of-Print J.D. Salinger Stories You Can Still Read Online [UPDATED]
22 Out-of-Print J.D. Salinger Stories You Can Still Read Online [UPDATED]
By Freddie Moore
September 06, 2013

Get your Salinger fix and some insight into his forthcoming books with these “lost” stories. UPDATE: The literary representative of Salinger's estate contacted us ...

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Cheap Wine, Plastic Chairs: Junot Diaz at Barnes & Noble
Cheap Wine, Plastic Chairs: Junot Diaz at Barnes & Noble
By Kate Gavino
September 05, 2013

A series that celebrates everyone’s favorite part of the author reading: the Q&A! This week, Junot Diaz discusses comic books, exes and bearing witness to yourself.

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Book Sword: Shel Silverstein, Paula Fox, Catullus & More
Book Sword: Shel Silverstein, Paula Fox, Catullus & More
By Kate Gavino
September 03, 2013

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

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Cheap Wine, Plastic Chairs: Wayne Koestenbaum at Greenlight Bookstore
Cheap Wine, Plastic Chairs: Wayne Koestenbaum at Greenlight Bookstore
By Kate Gavino
August 26, 2013

A series that celebrates everyone’s favorite part of the author reading: the Q&A! This week, Wayne Koestenbaum discusses his new book, My 1980s and Other Essays.

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Book Sword: Marcel Proust, Dylan Thomas, Ian McEwan & More
Book Sword: Marcel Proust, Dylan Thomas, Ian McEwan & More
By Kate Gavino
August 22, 2013

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

 

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Strange Finds: “Never Eat Anything Bigger Than Your Head & Other Drawings”
Strange Finds: “Never Eat Anything Bigger Than Your Head & Other Drawings”
By jake goldman
August 20, 2013

A collection of absurd, irreverent one-panel cartoons reminiscent of The Far Side — but this book came first

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Cheap Wine, Plastic Chairs: Patricia Engel at McNally Jackson
Cheap Wine, Plastic Chairs: Patricia Engel at McNally Jackson
By Freddie Moore
August 16, 2013

A series that celebrates everyone’s favorite part of an author reading: the Q&A. This week, Patricia Engel discusses writing, novels and the context of identity.

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Strange Finds: How to Disappear Completely and Never be Found
Strange Finds: How to Disappear Completely and Never be Found
By jake goldman
August 14, 2013

Doug Richmond explains how to create a whole new life for yourself in 100 pages. (If you really want to do it, though, do the exact opposite of everything he says.)

 

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Book Sword: Kate Chopin, Victor Hugo, Anthony Burgess & More
Book Sword: Kate Chopin, Victor Hugo, Anthony Burgess & More
By Kate Gavino
August 13, 2013

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

 

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Cheap Wine, Plastic Chairs: Michael Paterniti at The POWERHOUSE ARENA
Cheap Wine, Plastic Chairs: Michael Paterniti at The POWERHOUSE ARENA
By Freddie Moore
August 05, 2013

A series that celebrates the best part of an author reading: the Q&A. This week, Michael Paterniti discusses cheese, love and betrayal.

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