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How Harry Potter Fans Are Driving the Romantasy Trend – The New York Times
Why Magic, Dragons and Explicit Sex Are in Bookstores Everywhere Listen to this article · 17:58 min By Alexandra Alter Published Aug. 20, 2025, Updated Aug. 21, 2025, 9:42 a.m. ET On a whim one night, Simona Stallone clicked on some Harry Potter fanfiction, and quickly tumbled down a rabbit hole. Ms. Stallone, a 28-year-old…
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7 Most Misused Southern Sayings – Southern Living
7 Hilariously Misused Southern Sayings, According To Our Readers Only real Southerners know the meaning of these. [Well, “Bless Your Heart!”] By Kaitlyn Yarborough Part of the Southern Living team since 2017, Kaitlyn Yarborough Sadik is a Georgia native living in Austin, Texas, who covers a wide variety of topics for both the magazine and…
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One True Book Club: The Purple Land, Part 3–with Ilan Stavans
One True Podcast concludes its One True Book Club for the year with its third of three installments on W.H. Hudson’s 1885 novel, The Purple Land.This final episode covers chapter 21 to the end. We examine how Hudson resolves the domestic plot, the travel plot, and the confrontation with the diabolical Don Hilario. We debate…
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Teach Writing With The New York Times: Our 2025-26 Curriculum – The New York Times
Writing Curriculum Teach Writing With The New York Times: Our 2025-26 Curriculum Our eight writing units are based on real-world features like reviews, opinion essays, narratives, podcasts, photo essays and more. Listen to this article · 30:12 min Learn more By The Learning Network, July 30, 2025 What can the news, features, essays, interviews, photos,…
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Keeping a journal can change your life. How to start a daily practice : NPR
The transformative power of keeping a daily journal July 31, 20255:00 AM ET, By Marielle Segarra Malaka Gharib 19-Minute Listen Writer Suleika Jaouad has been keeping a journal for as long as she could hold a pen. It got her through her battle with leukemia at age 22, life after treatment and then the pandemic. But…
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Hemingway in Idaho – Community Library – Ketchum, Idaho
. . . best of all he loved the fall. . . Ernest Hemingway held an abiding affection for central Idaho from his first visit to Sun Valley in 1939 until his death in his final home along the Big Wood River in 1961. The Community Library has a robust collection of artifacts and materials…
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How I wrote the newest Sherlock Holmes novel – The Spectator World
By Gareth Rubin How I wrote the newest Sherlock Holmes novel It wasn’t so elementary, Watson, Wednesday, July 23, 2025 I don’t think anyone has ever come up with a word to describe an authorized author. It’s not quite a tautology. The writer, who has been invited to write a novel continuing the body of…
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Episode 314: 52 Weeks | 52 Sherlock Holmes Novels – I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere
The number of Sherlock Holmes pastiches is endless. They include stories and novels set in any era, any place, and any time. They all bring the Great Detective to new audiences — so how do you go about selecting (just) fifty-two to explore? Join our conversation with Paul Bishop as we explore his new book,…
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1,000 US counties without full-time local journalist: Report – KSN.com
by: Miriam Waldvogel, Posted: Jul 10, 2025 / 07:01 PM CDT, Updated: Jul 14, 2025 / 07:24 AM CDT Continue/Read Original Article Here: 1,000 US counties without full-time local journalist: Report
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Completing Your Novel_ Structure, Revision, and Endings – DrWeb’s Domain
Editor’s Note: I did some research for completing a novel I’ve been working on; I thought I would share the information and suggetions. I used Headliner and NotebookLM in this project. -DrWeb If you prefer, here’s the .wav audio file for listening…
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Passage: Remembering Bill Moyers – CBS Sunday Morning – June 29, 2025
Passage: Remembering Bill MoyersCBS Sunday Morning Jun 29, 2025“Sunday Morning” host Lee Cowan looks back on the career of broadcast journalist Bill Moyers, who brought dignity and elegance to TV news, at CBS and on public television, for more than four decades, following years as a deputy director of the Peace Corps and a White…
