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Who Wrote "The Night Before Christmas"?
A two-hundred-year-old manuscript mystery
Dec 6, 2024
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Three Writers on My Mind after the Election
Plus, four words of encouragement from Emily Dickinson
Nov 6, 2024
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Reading and Human Dignity
Prose to carry in the blood
Sep 29, 2024
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Getting Diversity Right
Graphic novelist Jen Wang meets hot issues of our time with love
Aug 5, 2024
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Let Summer Begin -- with an English Village Mystery
Author-illustrator-conservationist Beatrix Potter stars in a novel about fresh starts and the balance of independence and community
May 27, 2024
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How to Read an Unquiet Book
What's a quiet reader to do with dragons, girl power, and centuries of patriarchal oppression?
Mar 25, 2024
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Mothers are Dragons
The quiet joy of writing with my daughter (A guest post)
Mar 18, 2024
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A Christmas Eve Manuscript Mystery
The Quiet Reader considers the case of Dunder, Blixem, and "The Night Before Christmas"
Dec 23, 2023
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Listening in the Spaces Between the Words
What the Bhagavad Gita's splendid pause means for busy modern people
Nov 28, 2023
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Enchanted in America is Now Quiet Reading with Tara Penry
And here's a Thanksgiving post to mark the occasion
Nov 20, 2023
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The Woman Hanging from the 13th Floor Window Is Okay Now - in Case You Were Concerned
Joy Harjo's Girl-Warrior has her back, and yours too.
Oct 9, 2023
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In Praise of Some Phrases from Books about Sexual Abuse
Banned Books Week invites attention to the art of speaking the unspeakable
Oct 3, 2023
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