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Weekly Recommendation Thread: December 20, 2019

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Welcome to our weekly recommendation thread! A few years ago now the mod team decided to condense the many "suggest some books" threads into one... [ ]

Try a novella and ditch your snobbery: five ways to read more books

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Reading is good for the brain and the soul, but we don’t always find the time, the inclination – or the right book. That can be easily changed [ ]

Denis Johnson's novels

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I recently read both of Denis Johnson's short fiction collections, Jesus' son and The largesse of the sea maiden, and I really liked them. So I... [ ]

Asimov’s Empire, Asimov’s Wall | JSTOR Daily

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The science fiction author Isaac Asimov engaged in forms of unwanted touching with countless women. It set the tone for the entire genre. [ ]

Help me figure out who this author is!

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Hello book lovers! I’m hoping someone can help me figure out who the author is that is associated with a certain symbol. Apparently this author... [ ]

BBC Radio 4 - The Real George Orwell, Animal Farm

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Tamsin Greig narrates this dramatised tale of the corrupting effect of power. [ ]

[POEM] Mint - Seamus Heaney

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It looked like a clump of small dusty nettles Growing wild at the gable of the house Beyond where we dumped our refuse and old bottles: Unverdant... [ ]

Warren Buffett's Most Recommended Books Of All Time | 4KingMedia

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Today, Buffett still spends about 80% of his time reading. We will be pointing out some of Warren Buffett’s most recommended books of all time. [ ]

The Three Body Problem... Problem

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Warning: Light spoilers I am currently reading the first book and I'm just wondering... When does it all get good? I've seen outlandish reviews... [ ]

Why women read fiction

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Towards the end of Helen Taylor’s book, Why Women Read Fiction, Bidisha – writer, broadcaster, film-maker, artist – gives a blunt answer to Taylor’s question. “I think women read a lot of fiction... [ ]

Librarians, Advocacy Groups Take Action Against Missouri's Proposed Censorship Legislation

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What librarians and advocates for intellectual freedom are doing in the face of Missouri's unconstitutional censorship bill. [ ]

SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE Graphic Novel to Be Released This Year!

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BOOM! Studios is coming out with a graphic novel adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's timeless WWII novel, Slaughterhouse-Five! [ ]

Morgan Freeman reads "Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep", by Mary Elizabeth Frye

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My impression of the great Morgan Freeman with Mary Elizabeth Frye's beloved meditation on mortality. Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there. I do not sleep. I am... [ ]

The Present by Michael Donaghy

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The Present by Michael Donaghy For the present there is just one moon, though every level pond gives back another. But the bright disc shining in the black lagoon, perceived by astrophysicist and... [ ]

How to tell fact from fiction in fiction and other forms of lies – Emar Maier | Aeon Essays

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A novel, by definition, tells a fictional story – but does that make its author a liar? On the space between stories and lies [ ]

“The Green Meadow” (1927) by Winifred Virginia Jackson & H. P. Lovecraft and “The Unknown” (1916) by Elizabeth Berkeley

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  Of genuinely fantastic dreamers, I have discovered but one in amateurdom—this being Mrs. Jordan. I will enclose—subject to return—an account of a Jordanian dream which occurred in the early … [ ]

Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2020

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Considering the fact that it was the end of the decade, and that we’re all trying to distract ourselves from the encroaching heat death of the planet, it’s not surprising that the 2019/… [ ]

Jack Reacher series author Lee Child 'quits and lets brother step in'

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Child had initially been searching for a way to kill off the popular character [ ]

Gibby Haynes on His Wild YA Debut Novel, ‘Me & Mr. Cigar’

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The Butthole Surfers frontman’s book is a profane, hilarious, Texas-set romp. [ ]

Sci-fi magazine pulls story by trans writer after 'barrage of attacks'

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I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter by Isabel Fall reworked a transphobic meme, but author asked to withdraw it after angry reception [ ]

Native New Mexican writes popular superhero Navajo folklore book

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"This is something I wanted to give to Native American kids, so they could see themselves in stories,” Roanhorse said. [ ]

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

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????This was shot during the holiday break and I had a blast with my friends that helped me. I believe that every human being on this planet can relate to this poem to... [ ]

‘Reading changed me’: Prisoners at Jessup inspired by books, from Obama to Odom

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A $100,000 grant will fund thousands of books to go to state prisons. [ ]

Names in Nabokov‘s Lolita

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Just finished Lolita and although it somewhat challenged my English, I really appreciate Nabokov‘s work. Especially his choice of names was... [ ]

Simple Questions: December 17, 2019

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Welcome readers, Have you ever wanted to ask something but you didn't feel like it deserved its own post but it isn't covered by one of our... [ ]

The Timeless Magic of 'The Snowy Day'

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Ezra Jack Keats’s picture book is the most checked-out volume of all time at the New York Public Library. A children’s librarian examines why the book has connected with so many kids. [ ]

15 New Books From Indie Publishers To Get Excited About

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Here are15 recent and upcoming books from small presses that span everything from fantasy and crime fiction to memoir and literary short stories. [ ]

Need a little help with reading

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I used to love reading when I was young but now I find it a bit difficult.I have grown acostomed to text that are small but concentrated in... [ ]

TS Eliot prize-winner Roger Robinson: ‘I want these poems to help people to practise empathy’

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From a lament for the victims of Grenfell Tower to snapshots of Windrush arrivals … activist, musician and poet Roger Robinson discusses the inspiration behind his prize‑winning collection [ ]

Christopher Tolkien Passes Away at the Age of 95

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It is with a heavy heart that I write this news. Christopher Tolkien has passed away. He was 95 years old. Christopher was the third son of our beloved author Professor J.R.R. Tolkien,... [ ]