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Armistice Day

November 9, 2015

Amber Williams

Ever wonder why Veterans Day is always November 11? 

New Fierce Teen Heroine

November 3, 2015

Raemona Taylor

Daniel José Older magnificently infuses magic, culture and heritage with typical elements of fantasy.

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Book review: Don't Look Now

November 2, 2015

Beth Deeb

I could read Daphne du Maurier stories for the rest of my life.

How to be a Heroine or, What I’ve Learned from Reading Too Much

October 30, 2015

Adrianne Price

In her delightful memoir How to Be a Heroine or, What I’ve Learned from Reading Too Much, playwright Samantha Ellis revisits the stories that shaped her development as a woman and a writer, paying homage to the those literary heroines who became her muses.

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The Day of the Triffids

October 29, 2015

Ben English

You might not expect a novel about killer plants to be thoroughly lacking in over-the-top corniness, but John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids handily pulls it off.

A Lesson in the Forgotten History of Civil Rights

October 28, 2015

Megan Adovasio-Jones

A. Philip Randolph was an activist who spoke out about inequality and labor rights in the early part of the 20th century, helping to pave the way for civil rights even before Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcom X.