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“Once I began to read, I began to exist”: Tribute to Walter Dean Myers
Walter Dean Myers, renowned children’s author, died at age 76 this past Tuesday. Myer’s penned over 100 hundred books during…
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One Bookshelf’s Top Ten Opening Lines
An opening line needs to grab a reader’s attention, otherwise very few people will care about the rest of the…
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Top 5 Best Supporting Characters in Literature
These five supporting characters cover a range of “support,”from best friends to villains, all the while being awesome in their…
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Dances with Webcams: The BookTube Community
One of the latest changes to emerge is a community born from the minds of readers and is known as…
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YA Fiction and Genre: 5 Matches Made in Literary Heaven
Young Adult fiction is a little like chocolate. It’s sweet, comes in milk for a fun bite or dark for…
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Special Edition: NYC 2014: Marvel–Next Big Thing
Michael Moccio ’16 / Emertainment Monthly Executive Editor This panel stood out on Saturday at Special Edition: NYC. Tom Brevoort,…
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The Bookselling World and People Who Read: Kevin Nance’s Interview with Author Gabrielle Zevin Yields More than just Promotional Platitudes
Lina Benich ’16 / Emertainment Monthly Editor As a small crowd gathered under the Mash Stage tent at the Chicago…
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Tribune’s Printer’s Row Lit Fest is a Bookworm Utopia: Hot Spots To Check Out
Lina Benich ’16 / Emertainment Monthly Editor With the humid heat of a Chicago summer bearing down on Dearborn Street,…
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