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Mark Twain.<\/p><\/div>\n

  • A study finds that reading fiction may improve empathy<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • Carol Ann Duffy: \u201cPoems are a form of texting<\/a>.\u201d <\/li>\n
  • Language fail<\/a>. <\/li>\n
  • The Man-Booker shortlist<\/a> is announced. Herewith, a cheat sheet<\/a>. <\/li>\n
  • Philip Schultz: \u201c[My tutor] worked with me to try to teach me how to read, without any success at all. And one day out of frustration asked me what I thought I was going to do in life if I couldn\u2019t read. And surprising both of us, I said I wanted to be a writer<\/a>. And he laughed.\u201d <\/li>\n
  • Mark Twain\u2019s charming love letter<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • On bookshelf aesthetics<\/a>. <\/li>\n
  • Feral<\/em><\/a> is having a moment. <\/li>\n
  • A new Wuthering Heights<\/em> adaptation is \u201ccaked in grime and damp with saliva.<\/a>\u201d Oh, and \u201csalted with profanity.\u201d<\/li>\n
  • Ten years on, reading 9\/11<\/a>. <\/li>\n
  • Profanisaurus<\/a>? There\u2019s an app for that. <\/li>\n
  • George R. R. Martin<\/a>, fanboy. <\/li>\n
  • Haunting images of America\u2019s asylums<\/a>. <\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    A study finds that reading fiction may improve empathy. Carol Ann Duffy: \u201cPoems are a form of texting.\u201d Language fail. The Man-Booker shortlist is announced. Herewith, a cheat sheet. Philip Schultz: \u201c[My tutor] worked with me to try to teach me how to read, without any success at all. 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