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Leah Singer

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Ann Marie Houghtailing Shows How to 'Create a Dollar out of Thin Air'

Leah Singer | June 17, 2013 | Books
Most people living in the United States in 2009 would agree that was not the time to start a new company.
Stacey Alcorn

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A Letter to Kathryn: The Graduation Gift

Stacey Alcorn | June 17, 2013 | Books
As I wish you bon voyage to your unknown and exciting future, I have compiled fourteen of the greatest assets I accumulated over the eighteen years since I sat amongst the throngs of college graduates contemplating my own future; books.
Katie DiBenedetto

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My First Gotham Writing Class

Katie DiBenedetto | June 17, 2013 | Books
I no longer have my school newspaper or club basketball team to meet new people and enjoy my hobbies. So, I decided to take a writing class in NYC.
Meg Waite Clayton

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6 Weeks in the English Lakes #2: A Literary Map

Meg Waite Clayton | June 17, 2013 | Travel
If you don't know where the English Lakes are, pull out your trusty map of England and look as far north and west as you can. (Go too far, and you'll end up in Scotland.) To give you an idea of just how beautiful the Lakes are, read this section of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
Rodrigo Ribera D'Ebre

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The Tattooed Soldier

Rodrigo Ribera D'Ebre | June 17, 2013 | Books
Recently I was invited by the California Writers Club to attend a talk at their Long Beach location. This club was founded in 1909, is one of the oldest clubs in the nation, and some of its honorary members include: Jack London, John Muir and Joaquin Miller. The scheduled speaker...
Molly Barton

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New York Isn't Book Country Anymore

Molly Barton | June 17, 2013 | Books
I've lived in New York working in book publishing for the last 11 years, and the longer I've been here the more obvious it has become that New York has declined in its power as the epicenter of English language publishing.
2morrowknight

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Your Network Is Your Net Worth: Porter Gale's Instant Classic

2morrowknight | June 17, 2013 | Books
Remember how Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In intro grabbed you from the first page with her story about being pregnant during her time at Google? Porter Gale does an equally impressive job at drawing you in.
K.J. Wetherholt

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The Resurgence of the Short Story: The Smallest of Entryways and Cristen Hemingway Jaynes

K.J. Wetherholt | June 17, 2013 | Books
With the recent prevalence of Kindle, Nook, and other digital reading devices, short fiction has started to return as an acceptable, and salable form, in fact bringing back the form with a power and a popular respectability it has not had for some time.
Erin McKean

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9 Most Iconic Dresses From Pop Culture (PHOTOS)

Erin McKean | June 17, 2013 | Books
Fashion can come to us straight off the runways in Paris, Milan and New York or percolate up from the street, but some of the most recognizable dresses of the last hundred years have been disseminated, if not originated, via pop culture.
Rabbi Deborah R. Prinz

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Fathering Chocolate

Rabbi Deborah R. Prinz | June 17, 2013 | Books
It was due to Fathers, Dominicans specifically, that chocolate came to be appreciated by the Spanish, when in 1544, they tantalized the court with prepared chocolate presented by a Kekchi Maya delegation of New World natives. Faith indeed spread...
Anne Margaret Daniel

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F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby Is Being Rewritten by Its Characters

Anne Margaret Daniel | June 17, 2013 | Books
A new memoir has begun in the Believer magazine, with the first installment just published. It's by Robert Atwan, writing as "Thomas Buchanan." Yes, that Tom Buchanan, Daisy's husband, Nick's Yale frenemy, Gatsby's nemesis.
Jaime Lubin

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Greatest Love of All: Royal Young's Fame Shark

Jaime Lubin | June 17, 2013 | Books
There's something undeniably timeless about Royal Young. Perhaps it's the author's piercing blue eyes, already filled with worldly wisdom at 28 or maybe it's the actual wisdom that comes from living as a celebrity-seeking "hustler."
Kyle Weiss

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Why Kids Hate Reading: An Addict's Perspective

Kyle Weiss | June 17, 2013 | Books
Strictness in school literature requirements and lack of breadth and in permitted genres to choose from for said requirement is one of the biggest problems with education in America.
Howard Polskin

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Journalists Fast to Produce New Nonfiction Kindle Singles But Sales Are Slow

Howard Polskin | June 17, 2013 | Books
There's been a slew of high-quality non-fiction e-book singles in recent weeks yet most have failed to crack the Kindle Singles top-ten best-seller list.
Food Riot

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Accidental Food Writing: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Food Riot | June 17, 2013 | Taste
Come for the story, stay for the food.
Chris Kelly

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Is Glenn Beck's New Book a Warning About the NSA?

Chris Kelly | June 17, 2013 | Books
The bad guys inThe Eye of Moloch seem to be behind a huge domestic spy program to learn everything about everyone and take away their freedom. If Glenn Beck's against it, it can't be all bad.
Jesse Kornbluth

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Beach Read: 'The Widow Waltz' Is Slicker Than a Brazilian Wax Job

Jesse Kornbluth | June 17, 2013 | Books
I devoured this book. Inhaled it greedily, as if I'd found a diary on Central Park South. At first, my pleasure was mean-spirited: with every passing day, I have less sympathy for mega-lawyers and bankers and their wives.
John Corcoran

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How Pat Flynn Became a Bestselling Author (It's Not How You Think)

John Corcoran | June 17, 2013 | Books
Today I'm excited to bring you an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the creation of a new bestselling book by a first-time author.
Karen Fratti

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'True Blood' Premiere Recap: Billith Rises At The Start Of Season 6

Karen Fratti | June 17, 2013 | TV
After the snooze fest of last season, this premiere was everything we love about "True Blood" and then some. Is he Billith or still pretty much Bill? We never know! The fact is that we have to wait to find out what crazy underworld powers he's unleashed.
Seth Abramson

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June 2013 Contemporary Poetry Reviews

Seth Abramson | June 16, 2013 | Books
Each month, this contemporary poetry review series selects between five and ten collections published since 2003 to recommend to its readership. These collections are selected from a pool of more than two thousand books of supplied and already-held contemporary poetry. A full list of books reviewed and a partial list...
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