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Reading By Yourself, Together With Others. Literary Festival, Anyone?
Exciting things are happening in India where tens of thousands of young people are attending literary festivals. Hope it happens in America!
Melissa Gouty
Mar 233 min read
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How Can A Powerful Nation Have So Many Children Who Can't Read?
Educators hoped that the effects of the pandemic would diminish and reading scores would begin to climb again, but the opposite is true.
Melissa Gouty
Jan 316 min read
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Don't Feel Bad. It's Okay to Have a Passionate Obsession with Books!
Famous people have book obsessions just like you. Here are quotes that prove it's okay to have a passion for books.
Melissa Gouty
Aug 23, 20223 min read
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Why Women Writers Should Read The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
Sue Monk Kidd's, The Book of Longings, is the perfect book for women writers as it portrays the passion and power of one person's words.
Melissa Gouty
Jul 6, 20219 min read
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Want to Know About "The Dust Bowl?" Read The Four Winds
Kristin Hannah's novel, The Four Winds,depicts life in The Dust Bowl, but don't make it your only source. Try The Worst Hard Time by Egan.
Melissa Gouty
Apr 28, 20215 min read
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Hit Hard: How to Deal With Ambiguous Loss
Grieving Those Who Are Alive But Not What They Used to Be Photo by John Torcasio on Unsplash Honest. Raw. Painful…Helpful and Healing...
Melissa Gouty
Mar 22, 20218 min read
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How a Daily Reading Habit Makes You More Creative Than a Daily Writing Habit
Every writer hears the standard advice: Write every day. But if they don't also READ every day, they can't be successful.
Melissa Gouty
Mar 13, 20215 min read
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How One Compassionate Woman Put 150 Million Books Into the Hands of Kids
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library has "gifted" more than 150 million books to children throughout the world. She's a true book hero.
Melissa Gouty
Mar 4, 20215 min read
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Five Helpful Tips For Choosing Which Books to Take on a Trip
If you love to travel, but you also love your books, you know how hard it is to decide which ones to take with you. 5 Tips for Choosing.
Melissa Gouty
Feb 18, 20215 min read
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How Books Connect to the Epic Moments of Your Life
Books are emotionally linked to every momentous occasion of my existence. Your life is probably "book-marked" too.
Melissa Gouty
Nov 5, 20206 min read
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Can Reading Literary Fiction Make You a Better Person?
The study of how reading affects our personality is in its infancy and have found that people who read literary fiction have more empathy.
Melissa Gouty
Sep 22, 20206 min read
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