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April 16, 2013
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Critical Linking: April 16th, 2013

    Maxine Tarnow is running a nice little fraud investigation business on the Upper West … Read the full post

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April 15, 2013
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2013 Pulitzers Announcement Live-Chat

This live-blog event is sponsored by Talulla Rising by Glen Duncan.  

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April 15, 2013
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Critical Linking: April 15th, 2013

  Turow points to the search “Scott Turow free e-books” brings up a pirate sites.  But who … Read the full post

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April 14, 2013
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Can You Guess These Classic Fictional Characters Just By Their Description?

One of literature’s weaknesses is visualization: we can readily remember who the characters are, … Read the full post

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April 14, 2013
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Critical Linking: The Most Read Stories April 7-13, 2013

Here are the most-read stories from the last week in Critical Linking….   When it comes … Read the full post

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April 12, 2013
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The 42 Traits of The Perfect Reader

  The perfect reader reads in translation, but prefers to read in the original language. The … Read the full post

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April 11, 2013
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Critical Linking: April 11th, 2013

  In fact, I’m thinking about starting a women’s prize here in the United States, … Read the full post

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April 10, 2013
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Name Those Authors!: The Answers from April 4th, 2013

This week’s Name Those Authors! is sponsored by The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater. Some … Read the full post

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April 10, 2013
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Critical Linking: April 10th, 2013

Sam Tanenhaus is stepping down as New York Times Book Review editor to become writer at large. Children’s … Read the full post

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April 9, 2013
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Critical Linking: April 9th, 2013

  “I feel because we started writing novels really before men on the whole, they don’t want … Read the full post

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April 8, 2013
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“The Only Celebration We Mortals Know”: Happy Birthday, Barbara Kingsolver

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April 8, 2013
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Critical Linking: April 8th, 2013

  Today we’ve added a way to mark places you’ve visited—in general or, by a simple “check … Read the full post

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April 7, 2013
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MAD MEN Season 6 Premiere Live-Blog

This live-blog event is sponsored by Dollars and Sex by Marina Adshade. Like Freakonomics, Dollars … Read the full post

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April 7, 2013
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Guess These Famous Novels By Their Second Lines

If I were to have you guess novels based on their first lines, chances are you probably would do pretty … Read the full post

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April 7, 2013
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Critical Linking: The Most Read Stories April 1st – 5th, 2013

Here are the most-read stories from the last week in Critical Linking… ____________________________ … Read the full post

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April 5, 2013
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Critical Linking: April 5, 2013

  Cormac McCarthy? “Horrible,” he says, looking at Blood Meridian. “This … Read the full post

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March 29, 2013
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On Amazon + Goodreads

So, Amazon is buying Goodreads. There’s so much to say, that it’s hard to get my head … Read the full post

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March 29, 2013
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Critical Linking: March 29th, 2013

  I find myself thinking, with every post I make on Facebook or Twitter or Tumblr or the internet … Read the full post

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March 28, 2013
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Would You Join a Private Library?

I don’t know what it is exactly, but there something to getting out of the house for a while … Read the full post

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March 28, 2013
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Critical Linking: March 28th, 2013

  Halpern’s definition of literary fiction seems like a winning one too: it stands out … Read the full post