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A Novel About Heartbreak Set to Song
A Novel About Heartbreak Set to Song
By Taylor Beck
September 30, 2014

Anthony D’Amato’s new album, The Shipwreck from the Shore, brings back a sound thought lost.

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How D.H. Lawrence and World War I Saved Moby-Dick
How D.H. Lawrence and World War I Saved Moby-Dick
By Eric Williams
September 30, 2014

Reconsidering the literary landscape in the wake of the Great War, Lawrence rescued Herman Melville’s now venerated novel from absolute obscurity.

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One Second, Dear, Mommy’s Writing
One Second, Dear, Mommy’s Writing
By Trisha Leon
September 30, 2014

The difficulty of being both mother and author.

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Books & Beer: These Indie Publishers Will Make Your Dreams Come True
Books & Beer: These Indie Publishers Will Make Your Dreams Come True
By Freddie Moore
September 29, 2014

Lazy Fascist, Broken River and Civil Coping Mechanisms are hoping to launch an indie bookstore/craft beer shop, but they need your help.

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Literary Tourism: Bukowski’s L.A. Haunts
Literary Tourism: Bukowski’s L.A. Haunts
By Alfredo Madrid
September 29, 2014

Chasing the Dirty Old Man’s ghost through the City of Angels.

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America's Addiction to Irvine Welsh
America's Addiction to Irvine Welsh
By Genna Rivieccio
September 27, 2014

Welsh is one of the few contemporary Scottish authors to have captured the attention of mainstream America. What’s the attraction?

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Eat Prey Drug: Motel 6
Eat Prey Drug: Motel 6
By Paul Kwiatkowski
September 26, 2014

A pit-stop in South Dakota reconnects friends, memories and everyone with a camera phone.

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I Saw Dobby’s Thong: What Harry Potter Burlesque Taught Me About Banned Books
I Saw Dobby’s Thong: What Harry Potter Burlesque Taught Me About Banned Books
By Abi Inman
September 26, 2014

Striptease based on J. K. Rowling’s children’s books reveals the value of literature (and more).

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T. S. Eliot and the Science of Naming Cats
T. S. Eliot and the Science of Naming Cats
By Kathleen Cooper
September 25, 2014

One of the 20th century’s major poets provides keen insight into proper feline monikers.

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“The Most Splendid Failure” – William Faulkner on The Sound and the Fury
“The Most Splendid Failure” – William Faulkner on The Sound and the Fury
By J. Francis Wolfe
September 24, 2014

Now hailed as a masterpiece, Faulkner's novel was initially written off by the public and the author himself. Why?

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