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‘The Pirate Queen’ by Ariel Lawhon
Grace O’Malley has long occupied the space between history and legend, but in The Pirate Queen, Ariel Lawhon restores her humanity. More than a swashbuckling adventure, this is a richly researched work of historical fiction about leadership, resilience, and a woman determined to chart her own course in a world that continually tried to confine… Continue reading
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What Does It Mean to Know?
What does it mean to ‘write what you know’? A look at Mary Shelley, the Brontës, and Emily Dickinson reveals that imagination and emotional honesty count as knowledge too. Continue reading
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‘Taipei Story’ by R.F. Kuang
College student Lily Cheng travels to Taiwan with the goal of improving her Chinese. Like many language students, she imagines that immersion will quickly solve the problems that textbooks cannot. Instead, she discovers just how exhausting it is to live every day in a language she does not fully understand. Continue reading
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The Most Important Email I Ever Sent to an Author
Sometimes the most important opportunities begin with an email you never expect anyone to answer. Continue reading
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James Madison, Father of the Constitution
Madison tends to melt into the background when compared to the other Founders. This doesn’t mean that he was less significant: he helped to shape our country into what she is now. Continue reading
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Martha Washington: The First Founding Mother
Indeed, if there were Founding Fathers, there must have been Founding Mothers, too—and foremost of them all is Martha Washington. Continue reading
Mariella Hunt & the Tearoom 