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Novelist Zora Neale Hurston was a cultural anthropologist first
The celebrated novel ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’ grew from fieldwork in the Black South. Before novelist Zora Neale ...
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Secret to small bookstore success is building community of readers, neighbors
What does it take to create a successful independent bookstore? For Ellen Trachtenberg, running a good bookstore is a lot like enj ...
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‘The Zebra Storyteller’ in the Trump era
The recent use of fake news and “alternative facts” has proven that fiction remains a powerful force. The problem, of course, ...
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Joe Beam’s memory and LGBT racism
It is ironic that the 30th anniversary of “In the Life, ...
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One Book’s choice of ‘Curious Incident’ spreads incurious view of autism
When I heard that One Book One Philadelphia had chosen ...
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Jerry Pinkney’s illustrated world, an escape from a nation in conflict
To this day, as the world gets more complicated, with more stress on me, my family, my community, our world, I can retreat to my imagination and the act of making pictures.
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