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Winter’s Next Dozen: The Best Post-Game of Thrones Books for Fans
Daenerys from Game of Thrones Season 7 © HBO/Photo credit: Helen Sloan With HBO’s “Game of Thrones” bringing its penultimate season to a close, you very likely have a Seven Kingdoms-sized hole in your...
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Oscar Wilde’s Role in the Reform That Put Women in Trousers
Oscar Wilde/Image: Napoleon Sarony/Wikimedia Commons Editor's Note: Women in pants? Who first argued for such a thing?! Unsurprisingly Oscar Wilde was an advocate. This and more in today’s Daily...
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Bark, Who Goes There? 10 Beloved Fictional Dogs
Image via Shutterstock We have a long-standing literary love affair with dogs of all stripes. These four-legged friends have been constant companions, comic relief, endearing leads. That “man’s best...
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10 Lesser-Known Works by Famous Authors to Read Right Now
As book-lovers and bibliophiles, we can all be pretty vocal about the books we love. We share recommendations, read reviews, and always add to our ever-growing to-be-read piles. There seems to be a...
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Defining Books of the ’90s
Photo by Felipe P. Lima Rizo on Unsplash Bookended by moments of hope and bizarre tension – the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Y2K scare – and defined by economic prosperity, White House Scandals,...
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Wherefore Art Thou, Mel? The Importance of a Name
Photo by Dr. Marcus Gossler, via Wikimedia Commons Editor's Note: Ned Beauman was born in 1985 and studied philosophy at the University of Cambridge. He was included on Granta’s 2013 list of the...
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Annihilation Filmmaker Faces Whitewashing Questions
Image from “Annihilation,” by Paramount Pictures Editor's Note: Also in the news: Layoffs at a major bookseller, and a crash course in IP rights for kids. It’s your Daily Blunt! In the upcoming...
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10 Fictional Characters That Are Definitely Having a Worse Day Than You
Elisabeth Moss in The Handmaid’s Tale (2017)/Photo © 2016 Hulu We all have bad days. That’s an unfortunate, if inescapable, fact of life. Life is stressful, that’s part of the deal and we all need...
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Author Pins White House Leaks on Kellyanne Conway
Image via Wikimedia Commons Editor's Note: Also in the news: Nebraska native Roxane Gay laughs at being called an “urban elite,” and an A.I. spits out a fantasy author mashup. It’s your Daily Blunt!...
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The Pet Sematary Remake Countdown Just Shrunk
From “Pet Sematary” by Paramount Pictures Editor's Note: Also in the news: Shifting narratives in the George Takei accusation, and a scheme for crashing the NYT bestseller list. It’s your Daily Blunt!...
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