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From books that make us nostalgic to stories every bibliophile can relate to, we celebrate books and their lasting impact on our lives.

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Help your kids stay on track with their summer reading.

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Five lucky winners will receive a crafting book bundle.

Hemingway, 2,000-Pound Marlin, and Anything is Good: An Interview with Fred Waitzkin

“To this day I write my sentences to the beat of the drums.” —Fred Waitzkin

Read an Interview with Janet Somerville, Author of How Midsummer Night

“By writing to Richard and addressing him in the second person present, I felt close to him again. Through those words he is once again alive.”

John Keats and Fanny Brawne: A Tragically Short Love 

“My love is selfish. I cannot breathe without you.” ―John Keats, to Fanny Brawne

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10 lucky winners will receive copies of How to Catch a Unicorn.

4 Ways Libraries Help You Reduce Overconsumption

This Earth Day, we’re showing some extra love to libraries.

The 38 Most Famous Poems Ever Written in the English Language

“To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.” —Robert Graves

Why F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Vegetable Was So Rotten

His oft-forgotten foray into playwriting that failed to take root.

Remembering Dan Wakefield, 1932-2024

Prolific, acclaimed, and multi-faceted: three commonly-used descriptors of Dan Wakefield that any writer would sell their soul to be described as. 

Read an Interview with Mary McGarry Morris

"What some may label ‘dark stories’ are usually the stories of people all around us." —Mary McGarry Morris

8 Ways to Meet Your Reading Goals

Don’t let a lack of a strategy stop you.

Remembering Iris Apfel; Accidental Icon and Self-Dubbed Geriatric Starlet, 1921-2024

Read an excerpt from Iris Apfel’s memoir that is just as authentic and vivacious as she was.

The Best Bookshelves for Book Worms

The only thing as important as a good book is a safe place to store it. 

Remembering Ellen Gilchrist, 1935-2024

The National Book Award Winner was known for her sharp writing.

The Depressing Love Triangle of the Romantics 

“I was caught in a love triangle with one dead side.”John Green, Looking for Alaska.