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Life on Screen: A Reality Television Reading List

by Elizabeth Blackwell September 20, 2022October 20, 2022

Reality TV: Guilty pleasure or public service?

An empty chair sits in front of a typewriter and small desk in a desolate wood room with a view.
Posted inUncategorized

Odd, Genius, or Something In Between: A Reading List on Writers

by Lisa Bubert August 16, 2022January 25, 2023

“Give me the weird tics, the turns of phrase, the strange beginnings. Give me the writer in their natural habitat.”

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Posted inReading List

Archives of Our Own: A Reading List on Fandom & Community

by Lindsay Eanet March 30, 2022October 19, 2022

Fandom gets at our most human urges: to share the things we love with others, to seek community among like-minded peers, especially at a time when we are all still too far apart.

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Posted inReading List

Disappearing Language: A Reading List on Losing Your Native Tongue

by Pardeep Toor February 24, 2022October 21, 2022

Powerful reads on which language comes first, second, or even third.

A woman hiking on a winter day starts a fire outside a shelter on the Appalachian Trail in Carter County, Tennessee
Posted inReading List

Gone For a Hike: A Reading List on Wilderness and Survival

by Kelsey Zimmerman February 16, 2022October 19, 2022

Five captivating reads on adventures you never want to have.

Posted inNonfiction

The Great British Reading List

by Carolyn Wells November 11, 2021October 19, 2022

A reading list on the weird and wonderful culture of Great Britain.

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A New Leaf: A Post-Legalization Cannabis Reading List

by Peter Rubin October 28, 2021October 19, 2022

Five stories demonstrating how the green rush nurtured the best and worst that U.S. capitalism had to offer

Posted inArts & Culture, Featured, Reading List, Story

78 Revolutions Around the Sun: A Joni Mitchell Reading List

by Krista Stevens October 20, 2021October 19, 2022

Poet, painter, composer, musician, and so much more.

Posted inNonfiction

A Tall Tree Reading List

by Carolyn Wells September 1, 2021October 19, 2022

Let’s go down to the woods today … with a reading list all about trees.

Posted inNonfiction

The Big Bear Reading List

by Carolyn Wells February 16, 2021October 20, 2022

The elusive bear is a thing of fascination, and writers have a lot to say about them.

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