Unsomnambulist
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Yes, apparently it used to be confidential that an AIDS vaccine exists.
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Yes, apparently it used to be confidential that an AIDS vaccine exists.
Unsomnambulist
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Trump Is So Mad About Niece’s Tell-All He Might Sue
The president has long favored using legal threats to stop people from writing books critical of him. Going after his own family may be next.
So, so predictable.
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Nickyboy
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Hey! Bloomsday was just on the 16th!
btw, she read all of that book? why do I tend not to believe that?
Zeeba Neighba
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That's the picture I texted out to some friends and to my family for Bloomsday two days ago, none of whom really cared or reacted
That's the picture I texted out to some friends and to my family for Bloomsday two days ago, none of whom really cared or reacted
I just heard about this graphic novel, due to be released in September. I just found out what I'm buying myself for my birthday.
Apparently the publisher, Z2 Comics has released other graphic novels based on musicians, including The Final Symphony: A Beethoven Anthology but also several other books, including one on The Grateful Dead.
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When I was in Junior High School, I read 2 or 3 Ursula Le Guin books and liked them a lot. I saw this pic of her writing room this morning and it just felt right.
Without regret, try to comprehend that three or four decades ago, for only $1 you too could have had Pussy Of War!
axolotl
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I think I married her.
axolotl
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Unsomnambulist
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United States Association of Sarcastic Sellers?
United States Association of Fantastical Unionists?
I need to go bookshopping here.
Dujiangyan Zhongshuge Bookstore in China
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There are even more amazing pictures at the link
Dujiangyan Zhongshuge Bookstore in China
Dujiangyan Zhongshuge Bookstore, China / X+Living — urdesignmag
Shanghai-based architecture firm X+Living has unveiled yet another Zhongshuge bookstore, this time situated in the city of Dujiangyan, in the South West of China.
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Nickyboy
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That looks like the inspiration for the Ministry of Magic in the "Harry Potter" movies.I need to go bookshopping here.
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Dujiangyan Zhongshuge Bookstore in China
There are even more amazing pictures at the linkDujiangyan Zhongshuge Bookstore, China / X+Living — urdesignmag
Shanghai-based architecture firm X+Living has unveiled yet another Zhongshuge bookstore, this time situated in the city of Dujiangyan, in the South West of China.
Unsomnambulist
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Does anyone else have trouble reading straight through a short story collection?
I find that with a collection of great stories, I want to stop at the end of a story and give it a day or two to settle into my thoughts. I think I fear that if I complete one great thought-provoking story and immediately read another good story, I'll overlook/forget/neglect the impact of the first one.
I never have that problem with novels. I can read one great chapter/scene, and barrel right into the next, and the next, and the next. I never worry that I might miss something by continuing to read. I'm also fine with finishing a great novel and immediately (like in the next 15 minutes) start reading another novel.
I never worry about a novel's impact being diminished in this way. But great short stories seem more etheral, as if I'd better linger with them a bit before dropping them and moving on to the next.
I find that with a collection of great stories, I want to stop at the end of a story and give it a day or two to settle into my thoughts. I think I fear that if I complete one great thought-provoking story and immediately read another good story, I'll overlook/forget/neglect the impact of the first one.
I never have that problem with novels. I can read one great chapter/scene, and barrel right into the next, and the next, and the next. I never worry that I might miss something by continuing to read. I'm also fine with finishing a great novel and immediately (like in the next 15 minutes) start reading another novel.
I never worry about a novel's impact being diminished in this way. But great short stories seem more etheral, as if I'd better linger with them a bit before dropping them and moving on to the next.
Nickyboy
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I agree. You need to digest first and form your opinions. Only then can you move on to the next course.
Toni's Tribeca condo and personal library are for sale. Okay, quick, who's ready to go to my GoFundMe Morrison Condo+Library page and help my just-dreamt dream come true? All donors who give more than $25K have a standing invitation to visit whenever you're in NYC.
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Toni Morrison’s Personal Library Is Now Available to Purchase
In her 1993 Nobel Prize in Literary acceptance speech, Morrison said: “We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.” Access to this library and the language that mattered most to her could be a key to her brilliant mind. Now, that would […]
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Read Walter Mosley’s Incredible Speech From Last Night’s National Book Awards
I am deeply grateful to receive The Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. Just to start it out I’d like to thank a few important people: John Edgar Wideman, Ishmael Reed, Charle…
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I hadn't yet seen that. Thank you!Read Walter Mosley’s Incredible Speech From Last Night’s National Book Awards
I am deeply grateful to receive The Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. Just to start it out I’d like to thank a few important people: John Edgar Wideman, Ishmael Reed, Charle…lithub.com
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His brief speech was perfectly great all around, but I was pleasantly surprised to see him mention Jazz in it.WalterMosley said:
