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A society that requires women to bring pregnancies to term without addressing the burdens that can accompany motherhood...

Readerz N Bookhood

Books in their physical form turn out to be endlessly adaptable, not just in the domestic space as doorstops...

We Read: Why?

Most of the books in my collection predate barcodes and current ISBN formats...

The capacity for trains to amaze inspired one of the longest running urban legends of the cinematic medium...

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Your Bees, Your Flies, Your Birds, Your Squirrels

I don’t want to write about Watt this morning. I want to write about what...

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I suppose, ultimately, our customers who come to watch football also come to drink beer, see their mates and chat...

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Almost every customer who comes in is here to pick up Puff Bars — Cool Mint, Lychee Ice, Blue Razz...

The tea should be strong. For a pot holding a quart, if you are going to fill it nearly to the brim, six heaped teaspoons would be about right...

The thing about new blooms is that they tend to bleed— / Those petals birthed / hugging close / that come warmer weather are tricked into jumping away...

‘from An Explanation of America: Countries and Explanations’ by Robert Pinsky

Farah Abdessamad on François-René de Chateaubriand

I spent a good part of my childhood at home staring outside my bedroom window, following the trail of planes approaching the nearby Paris airport in the sky from my banlieue. I envied the passengers...