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The Inspiration for Uncle Tom’s Cabin
A professor at Clemson University believes he’s identified the fugitive slave who was harbored for one night in the home of Harriet Beecher Stowe. Moreover, the professor believes that the man was “an inspiration for the novel [Uncle Tom’s Cabin]. I think his pain touched [Stowe] and helped her to act.”
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NYPL Forgives Late Fees
The New York Public Library is granting amnesty to 143,000 kids’ late fees. $1 will be knocked off each kid’s fee for every 15 minutes they spend in the library’s Summer Reading Program.
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Novel-Gazers
According to a survey published in PLoS One between 1960 and 2008 there has been a steady increase in the use of words and phrases that emphasize self-absorption in books. This leads researchers to conclude that we’re growing more narcissistic.
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Bill Murray Reads Wallace Stevens
Here’s a video of Bill Murray reading two poems by Wallace Stevens. (As if you needed further evidence that Murray is a national treasure.)
The Stanford Letters
“I’m annoyed that so many young rapists lack interest in their own motivations, or are led to believe that an absence of real psychic motive will make the crime merely an act, when really it’s the uninterested mereness of the act that makes it feel, to some victims, so criminal.” Sarah Nicole Prickett compares the many letters released following Brock Turner’s trial at n+1.
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BookMooch (http://www.bookmooch.com/) is another site that does the same thing, except the community is much more communal and you’re not constantly bombarded with attempts to convince you to spend money instead.
I’ve used both sites in the past and was extremely dissatisfied with Paperback Swap to the point where I canceled my account with points left unspent. I’ve acquired many great books from BookMooch, however, and highly recommend it.
Sheet Man… PaperBackSwap is so much better than BookMooch – You must be crazy. PBS has more books, more info and reviews on the books … And if you can’t find your “precious book” you can transfer your creds to their sister sites – SwapaCD & SwapaDVD. Don’t want to swap? Just buy a credit and have it shipped to your door for $3.45! That beats Amazon’s cheapest used books. PBS Rocks!