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Goodreads Goes Around the World in 80 books
I have a new favorite book club, the group Around the World in 80 Books on Goodreads. The group declares it’s purpose simply “to travel the world through books, experiencing new authors and cultures...
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Preventing Malaria (It’s only romantic in literature)
While tuberculosis and syphilis each hold a hallowed place in epic literature, malaria is the disease writers turn to in their romantic imaginings of exotic adventure. Preventing malaria is not...
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Keeping My Father Out of Vietnam
In the spring of 1967, the woman who would become my mother went out to check the mail. She was an 18 year old newlywed. Among the cards and bills was a letter addressed to her new husband from the...
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Tense and Sensibility and Tea with Imaginary Friends
You know that movie, Stranger than Fiction with Emma Thompson, Will Ferrel, and Dustin Hoffman? Here’s a quick trailer if you don’t. It’s a playful look at the relationship between writers and their...
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