Recommended Reading: Matt Jakubowski’s short story, “Sharpening the Sickle to Shame the Scythe,” which I dare you to say out loud several times in a row.
“Their judgment of themselves was remorseless.”
Birnbaum and Brooks
Robert Birnbaum sits down with Pulitzer-winning novelist Geraldine Brooks to discuss Australian literature, Harvard’s (neglected) charter to educate American Indians, and those residents of Martha’s Vineyard who say no to Chardonnay.
Help Her, Miss Manners
In the pages of the Washington Post, the venerable Miss Manners responds to an English department secretary who feels “besieged by fringe ‘academics’ who are very adamant that we are part of a conspiracy to cover up the fact that Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, was Shakespeare.”
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“Polyamory is the ambitious but campy attempt to love without loss”
If you enjoyed last week’s sneak peek at Elisa Gabbert’s forthcoming poetry collection, you’ll want to check out her collaboration with Kathleen Rooney at Nailed Magazine.
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Earthsea Continues
One of Ursula K. Le Guin’s digital-only stories will be published for the first time in a 50th anniversary omnibus edition of The Tales of Earthsea.
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Beginnings
Please welcome the newest Millions reader: August Hudson Magee, born Monday morning!
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Emily Pullen on e-readers
Bookseller and blogger Emily Pullen discusses the e-reading experience in this morning's Shelf Awareness: "I have noticed that when I read on the device, my attention span is somewhat short. I rarely read for more than an hour--usually about 20 minutes. It's not because it is uncomfortable for my eyes or my hands. Instead I just don't get as immersed."
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