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A giant rainbow flag at the 2011 Toulouse LGBT Pride march, by Léna (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0] via Wikimedia Commons.
A giant rainbow flag at the 2011 Toulouse LGBT Pride march, by Léna (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0] via Wikimedia Commons.
A giant rainbow flag at the 2011 Toulouse LGBT Pride march, by Léna (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0] via Wikimedia Commons.

A Bibliophile’s Miscellany: Gender Pioneers

This June marks LGBT Pride Month 2013, the fifth time it has been officially declared so by a U.S. president. June was chosen for this commemorative month to remember the Stonewall riots in New York City in June 1969, which pav...
 
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Bibliotherapy
 
Dorothea Lange's photograph (for the War Relocation Authority) of Dave Tatsuno rereading his University of California notes before evacuation in 1936.
Dorothea Lange's photograph (for the War Relocation Authority) of Dave Tatsuno rereading his University of California notes before evacuation in 1936.
Dorothea Lange's photograph (for the War Relocation Authority) of Dave Tatsuno rereading his University of California notes before evacuation in 1936.

What to read? (Part 10) Rereading

There is a particular art and pleasure to rereading – a fact agreed upon by many of the authors and critics I’ve consulted recently. Dip into the books-about-books genre and you’ll discover that authors almost invariably exhort...
 
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Literary Travels
 
Henry David Thoreau's grave in Concord, Massachusetts.
Henry David Thoreau's grave in Concord, Massachusetts.
Henry David Thoreau's grave in Concord, Massachusetts.

Literary Grave Hunting

A curious hobby Graveyards are some of my favorite places to explore. Not for any morbid reason, mind you. I don’t find them spooky (though I don’t tend to walk through them at night) or even melancholy. Instead, I browse the g...
 
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Edible Book Festival 2013

April 1st marked not just April Fool’s Day but also the International Edible Book Festival 2013 . This was the first year the tradition was celebrated on campus at the University of Maryland. Art librarian Judith A. Hoffberg an...
 
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Bibliotherapy
 
The Old Library at Trinity College Dublin. Photo courtesy of Kimberly B. Roth.
The Old Library at Trinity College Dublin. Photo courtesy of Kimberly B. Roth.
The Old Library at Trinity College Dublin. Photo courtesy of Kimberly B. Roth.

What to read? (Part 4) The Literary Canon

What makes the classics so ‘classic,’ and why should modern readers still seek to experience them? Nothing to be frightened of As Arnold Bennett reflected, it is easy to feel daunted when approaching the literary canon – “The a...
 
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