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Queen Mob’s Review of 2016
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Hawa Allan Bulwarks against the tidal wave of horror . . . #SelfCare Poem: “In Service of Staying Alive“, by Lynne Procop. Novel: That would be Deep Singh Blue, by Ranbir Singh Sidhu — a coming-of-age novel about a Sikh-American teen growing up in...
A Look at the National Book Awards Longlists --With Poll Results
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The National Book Foundation took a new approach to its award nominee announcements this year, releasing longlists for each of four categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young Adult Literature. The lists each consist of 10 nominees, which will...
100 Must-Read Books About the National Parks
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On August 25, 2016, the National Park Service celebrates its 100th anniversary. This is a little sneaky, since technically the first national park, Yellowstone, dates back to 1872. The Park Service, in contrast, didn’t come around until 1916. No matter...
An Open Letter to the American People
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AN OPEN LETTER TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE Because, as writers, we are particularly aware of the many ways that language can be abused in the name of power; Because we believe that any democracy worthy of the name rests on pluralism, welcomes principled...
Thomas Pynchon heads National Book Awards fiction shortlist
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Familiar finalists own a Pulitzer, a MacArthur Fellowship and a previous Book Award between them Thomas Pynchon, Jhumpa Lahiri and George Saunders were among the finalists Wednesday for the National Book Awards. A month after releasing...

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I hear this question yearly: “How does the poet Ai get away with her persona poems?” as though by writing the poems she not only committed a crime but got...