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Seduction of Water, Punjabi Widows, Lost Friends The Art of Teaching Writing and the Unexpected Results of Doing It Well How do you...
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 26, 2020
- 4 min
The Value of Old-Fashioned Letters in a Temporary Society
Nothing says love like a letter Careers and friendship chronicled in letters “My heart still palpitates every time I see one of those...
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 26, 2020
- 3 min
Celebrate World Kindness Day - Because What You Do Matters
3 Simple Ways to Bring Joy to the World Smiling: The Simplest, Cheapest Way to Be Kind It’s so simple, really. Smile. It’s something all...
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 10, 2020
- 5 min
4 Reasons Why Reading Out Loud Is Actually Good For You
Reading out loud is a skill for all age groups, but it's also a tool that improves memory, comprehension, social connection, and enjoyment.
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 7, 2020
- 6 min
Choose Carefully. Pick Three Writers to Come to Your Dinner Party Tonight
If I could choose three writers to come to a literary dinner party today, they'd be Louise Penny, Rick Bragg, and Ben Shattuck.
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 5, 2020
- 6 min
How Books Connect to the Epic Moments of Your Life
Books are emotionally linked to every momentous occasion of my existence. Your life is probably "book-marked" too.
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 4, 2020
- 3 min
Can a Book That Costs $22,000 Be Better Than a Trip to Italy?
The Sistine Chapel 3-volume set reproduces artwork at a 1:1 proportion, making you feel "as if you were a bird on Michelangelo's shoulder."
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 3, 2020
- 3 min
Get High at this Amazing Bookstore Guaranteed to Give You a Buzz
This Dujiangyan bookstore is a bibliophile’s ticket to dream-world. More than 80,000 books are displayed in the 10,500 square foot bookstore
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Melissa Gouty
- Nov 1, 2020
- 2 min
How to Honor an Avid Reader After an Untimely Death
Grace had always wanted floor to ceiling bookshelves with a rolling library ladder. Ben built them for her...as a tribute after she died.
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Melissa Gouty
- Oct 27, 2020
- 4 min
If You Love Elephants, Read These Two Very Different Books
If you love elephants, read Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult and The Elephant Company by Vicki Croke. Two books that both honor elephants.
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Melissa Gouty
- Oct 22, 2020
- 3 min
One Book That Will Make You a Better Writer
Ben Blatt's book Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve uses data to examine the elements of great writing: similes, cliches, adverbs, and more.
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Melissa Gouty
- Oct 22, 2020
- 4 min
The Overstory: An Epic Tale of Our Relationship with Trees
The best in environmental fiction, Richard Powers' The Overstory depicts the intertwined destiny of humans and trees.
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Melissa Gouty
- Oct 15, 2020
- 4 min
4 Amazing Reasons Your Brain Is Buffer Than You Imagined
Your brain is stronger, faster, more agile, more complex, and much buffer than you ever imagined. Four reasons for your very buff brain.
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Melissa Gouty
- Oct 13, 2020
- 5 min
The Precarious Balance of Life in "The Atomic Weight of Love"
The Atomic Weight of Love is a story of a woman trying to find herself, torn between dreams and demands and the secrets of Los Alamos.
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Melissa Gouty
- Oct 12, 2020
- 4 min
Rebecca, Du Maurier's Gothic Novel, Comes Again To Haunt Us
I got a thrill from reading du Maurier's Rebecca years ago. I got another thrill when I found out that Netflix is releasing the movie.
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Melissa Gouty
- Oct 10, 2020
- 4 min
This Year’s Nobel Prize in Literature and Other Cool Facts
Congratulations to 2020's Nobel Prize Winner for Literature, American poet, Louise Glück - and thank you, Alfred Nobel, for your vision.
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Melissa Gouty
- Oct 6, 2020
- 5 min
Creativity Lessons from Leo…the Greatest Innovator Ever
Leonardo da Vinci is the greatest genius of all time. We can learn how to be creative by modeling five of Leo's behaviors.
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Melissa Gouty
- Oct 2, 2020
- 3 min
Why Are Pencils Painted Yellow?
After the discovery of graphite and the development of the pencil, the world forever changed because we could write wherever we went.Â
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Melissa Gouty
- Oct 1, 2020
- 7 min
The Challenge of Finding -- and Giving -- Honest Feedback
Finding honest feedback is hard. You have to find readers who are willing to read. They’re capable of language skills. They're honest.
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Melissa Gouty
- Oct 1, 2020
- 4 min
Changing the Stereotype of Tea-Drinkers
Tea companies are winning new converts, increasing sales, and expanding their brand by overturning the previous stereotypes.
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