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TODAY: In 1885, Jules Romain was born, a French writer and the founder of the Unanimist literary movement.
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“What’s better than a little donkey to project your wonders onto?” Martha Cooley reflects emigrated to Venice in the mid-sixties… and make some friends asinella | Lit Hub Memoirs
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Olivia Rutiliano is ranked Top 50 fictional dragons (yes invented) to celebrate the return of House Targaryen. | Lit Hub
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Susan Choi next first drafts, luck and passing. | Lit Hub Craft
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How Bruce Lee became an international icon— and what its trajectory can tell us about our modern world. | Lit Hub Biography
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Mathematics for the Masses: Recommended by G. Arnell Williams books that do justice to mathematics. | Lit Hub Reading lists
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Abdulrazak Gurna, Emma Donoghue, Sigmund Freud and TS Eliot appear among Best reviewed books of the week. | Book marks
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Nick Kalakowski p five key works of motorcycle noir. | CrimeReads
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Brian Michael Murphy investigates a sinister story libraries that fumify “other people’s” books. | Lapham’s Quarterly
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“Since childhood, Murat has been troubled by the intense and sometimes painful attempt to be an “ordinary earthling”. Thu-Huong Ha talks about Sayaka Murata. | Wired
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Nate Rogers talks about missing Hotel California lyrics.— with the participation of rare book dealers, the Nabokov estate and the “relentless” Don Henley. | Los Angeles Times
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If you’ve never read Stephen King, Neil McRobert recommends some good places to start. | Guardian
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In honor of Mercer Street Books in Seattle, a neighborhood since 2009. | The Seattle Times
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Narrated by Samantha Mann wrote memoirs about a strange childhood. | LARB
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Jessamyn Chan tells us about her book publishing process –from the first draft to today show the appearance. | The New York Times
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Poet Dean Young died at the age of 67. | Copper Canyon Press
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