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Hag-Seed
When I was working as the writer-in-residence at Broad Ripple High School’s Center for the Humanities and the Performing Arts (best job ever), I worked…
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On the Mad River
It’s fate, Rosa Linda del Rio decides when, trying to decide where to go, she finds a one-way bus ticket to Mad River, Ohio in an envelope tucked behind…
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The Boyhood of Cain
Recently, I’ve been thinking more than usual about what makes people do what they do, the paths that lead them from birth to moments of action that…
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Idle Grounds
If you’re lucky enough to have a tribe of cousins, as I do, you will love Krystelle Bamford’s Idle Grounds.
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The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus
“Arriving at the University of Edinburgh for her first term Pen knows her divorced parents back in Canada are hiding something from her.”
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River of Books
It’s National Library Week!
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Theft
It may be true that you can’t judge a book by its cover but it’s hard to deny the power of a gorgeous cover—like this one.
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Book Pilgrim
Book Pilgrim
A place to celebrate good books and ponder the journeys they spark, both in the real world and in our heads.
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