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Zora Neale Hurston, A Literary Life

By Michelle Potter “It was the time for sitting on porches beside the road. It was the time to hear things and talk.” – Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston was the fifth of eight children...

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Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

Margaret Mitchell admired people who had gumption, people who fought their way through hard times triumphantly and came out survivors. She said that if her novel, Gone with the Wind, had a theme it was...

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“The pears fatten like little buddhas”: Inscribing Sylvia Plath onto Central...

By Audrey McGlinchy I opened my notebook on a return flight from Jakarta, Indonesia to Chiang Mai, Thailand, my home for the past nine months. In the failing light of the budget airline’s overhead bulb...

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Living in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Kolkata

By Sam Tranum Jhumpa Lahiri says many of her stories focus on Boston because it was the first place her parents landed in America when they arrived from Kolkata, via London. “It’s something I’ve never...

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Lauramania: A Tour of De Smet, South Dakota

By Teresa Bergen I was halfway through the tour before I realized I’d read the wrong Little House book to prepare for my trip. My ignorance felt like something to hide in Laura-crazed De Smet, South...

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