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“The United States Themselves Are Essentially the Greatest Poem”: Whitman’s Dream of America

To mark the United States’ 236th birthday, I give you Walt Whitman’s “Preface to Leaves of Grass.” Here, more than ...

Audio Recordings From Favorite Authors

For many readers, getting to hear their favorite authors speak is a huge thrill.  It’s an amazing experience to get ...

If Books Were Bands

If Radiohead, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, David Bazan, and The Smiths were books, which books would they be?

Vote Books! 13 Literary Quotes to Take to the Polls

Dear America, Has it really been four years? Has it been that long since you were here, hands wavering over ...