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Emily Polson

Emily Polson is a freelance writer and publishing assistant at Simon & Schuster. Originally from central Iowa, she studied English and creative writing at Belhaven University in Jackson, Mississippi, before moving to a small Basque village to teach English to trilingual teenagers. Now living in Brooklyn, she can often be found meandering through Prospect Park listening to a good audiobook. Twitter: @emilycpolson | https://emilycpolson.wordpress.com/

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Take a tour of the C. S. Lewis Trail in Belfast, Ireland.

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A fan discusses reading John Green's new book, Turtles All the Way Down, as a long-time viewer of his YouTube channel Vlogbrothers.

Dear J.K. Rowling: An Evening at the Elephant House

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A Stranger to My State: Discovering Iowa’s Bill Bryson

A reader re-discovers her home state through the work of Bill Bryson.