Jacques de Gheyn II, Vanitas Still Life (detail), 1603, oil on wood, 32 1/2 x 21 1/4″. With vanishing on my mind, I crossed Central…
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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for May 22, 2020
Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by DC. Today’s Featured Deals $1.99And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled HosseiniGet This Deal $3.99In Cold Blood by…
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Poets on Couches: Jake Skeets
In this series of videograms, poets read and discuss the poems getting them through these strange times—broadcasting straight from their couches to yours. These readings…
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8 Under 8: The Best Audiobooks Under 8 Hours
Audiobooks under eight hours fall on the long end of short audiobooks. Finding audiobooks in the 10–15 hour range is easy—lots of novels and memoirs…
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I See the World
© robert / Adobe Stock. It begins in this way: It’s as if we are dead and somehow have been given the unheard-of opportunity to…
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4 Great Books for Readers Quarantining in Dysfunctional Households
Quarantining is tough in itself, as humans are social beings who need to interact with fellow humans to preserve their sanity. The need for social…
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B List Bonanza: Marvel’s Hercules
The other day as I was cruising Twitter and came upon another hilarious offering from Her Majesty Gail Simone, it struck me that B-list comics…
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Staff Picks: Slapstick, Stanzas, and Stuff
Michael Rips. Photo: Ric Ocasek. Cooped up at home, many of us are now being kept company by our stuff, that antifunctional classification of belongings…
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8 Marvelous May Books Out in the UK
With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing publishers to postpone publishing dates of several books, May turned out to be a month with unusually few books being…
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Poets on Couches: Saskia Hamilton
In this series of videograms, poets read and discuss the poems getting them through these strange times—broadcasting straight from their couches to yours. These readings…
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