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Everywhere you turn, somebody is sounding the alarm about literacy. Teachers are frustrated. Parents are overwhelmed. Employers are complaining about...
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For a long time, the literary world treated poetry like fine china, something to be taken out only on special...
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Finishing a draft gives you something many writers never reach: a complete version of the story. It may be messy,...
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It starts with “I’m just going to look around” and ends with a tote bag full of books and an...
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The alarm buzzed at 6 a.m. Time to get myself and the girls ready, she thought, sighing heavily. It was...
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Most writers are eager to begin editing as soon as they finish a draft. That excitement makes sense. After weeks...
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Independent Bookstore Day is a celebration of the bookstores that keep local literary culture alive. These are the places where...
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Most people are paying monthly for things they could get for free and don’t even realize it. Streaming. Books. Workspaces....
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While names like Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Countee Cullen often dominate conversations about the Harlem Renaissance, the movement...
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By Kennedy Ryan Set in the dynamic worlds of professional basketball and entertainment, two of Kennedy Ryan's most critically-acclaimed series-Hollywood...