Talking About Books
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Echo & association
Novelist Nicholas Delbanco reminds us that ‘good writers borrow, great writers steal.’
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To be, or not to be
Nicholas Delbanco explores the literary and linguistic through line connecting everything from Elizabethan sonnets to modern street slang.
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He’s a maniac
Jon Hein introduced “jump the shark” to the pop-culture lexicon. Now, in a new book about fast food, Hein shows one man’s “junk” is another man’s pleasure.
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No sweat
Already abandoning your new year’s resolutions? Author Michelle Segar, PhD, explains how to revive your goals using the science of motivation.
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Curiouser and curiouser
Novelist Nicholas Delbanco falls through the looking glass of high fashion and discovers its strange bedfellow, literature.
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The joy of rereading
Novelist Nicholas Delbanco delivers a creative twist on the summer reading list, revisiting some favorite books.
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Men of letters
Novelist Nicholas Delbanco celebrates the art of correspondence in a whimsical series of letters that captures the wonder of words among friends.
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Trophy life: The Little Brown Jug
New book celebrates the myths, mysteries, and mania surrounding college football’s oldest trophy rivalry, born of a discarded water jug in 1903.
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Going to the dogs
Storyteller Eric Keller delivers wit and wisdom through a series of quirky animated canines, some of whom wear bikinis.