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Cheap Wine, Plastic Chairs: Kevin Powers at McNally Jackson
Cheap Wine, Plastic Chairs: Kevin Powers at McNally Jackson
By Kate Gavino
May 16, 2013

A weekly series that celebrates everyone’s favorite part of the author reading: the Q&A. This week, Kevin Powers discusses the effect military life had on his writing.

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Eavesdroplets: Overheard In Line For the Rain Room
Eavesdroplets: Overheard In Line For the Rain Room
By Kate Gavino
May 16, 2013

MoMA's newest behemoth of an exhibit, Rain Room, is straight from a sci-fi lover's dream, but the wait to get in is a nightmare. Here is a random sampling of chatter from the not-so-patient crowd waiting to get in.

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Book Sword: Michael Ondaatje, Charles Baudelaire, and Cheryl Strayed
Book Sword: Michael Ondaatje, Charles Baudelaire, and Cheryl Strayed
By Kate Gavino
May 15, 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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Second Hand Brands: Marimekko
Second Hand Brands: Marimekko
By Sarah Bennett
May 15, 2013

Old, new, whatever, get whatever Marimekko you can (and give it to me). 

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Brother Boston: The Many Similarities Between Beantown and The Boroughs
Brother Boston: The Many Similarities Between Beantown and The Boroughs
By Sarah Bennett
May 15, 2013

 There's not a lot of love between New York and Boston, but there plenty of similarities.

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Oh, Canada!: Slings and Arrows
Oh, Canada!: Slings and Arrows
By Sarah Bennett
May 14, 2013

Slings and Arrows is so, so Canadian, and it is also some of the best television ever made. ​

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Not Twilight: “The Summer Prince,” by Alaya Dawn Johnson
Not Twilight: “The Summer Prince,” by Alaya Dawn Johnson
By Sarah Bennett
May 14, 2013

In The Summer Prince, a future Brazilian city is run by women and driven by youth, but you needn't be either to enjoy this book.

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Champion Show Dog or Banned Name In New Zealand?
Champion Show Dog or Banned Name In New Zealand?
By Sarah Bennett
May 14, 2013

 Prized pup or questionable Kiwi handle? Choose wisely. 

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False Fantasy: Making Rules of Modern Myth
False Fantasy: Making Rules of Modern Myth
By Sarah Bennett
May 13, 2013

The right way to write about werewolves.

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Netflix Finds: Cleanflix
Netflix Finds: Cleanflix
By Sarah Bennett
May 13, 2013

 Cleanflix is about the strange battle between the directors of the Mormon Church and the Director's Guild of America. 

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