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Better Luck Next Time by Julia Claiborne Johnson: A Book Recommendation
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Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore: A Book Recommendation
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Vicious by V.E. Schwab: A Book Recommendation
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Do You Remember the Calgon “Take Me Away” Commercial?
Life has felt extra … *gestures wildly* … lifey lately, and I keep finding myself fantasizing about my first apartment where it was just me and my thoughts (plus some personally curated Moroccan décor). If you’re old…
8 Incredible Bookstagram Accounts
Not gonna lie—I spend far too much time looking at bookish things on Instagram (or Bookstagram, if you’d rather). Here are eight of my personal favorites … 1. There’s just about nothing sexier than a man who…
3 Pieces of Rumi Poetry Art for Your Home
This being human is a guest house.Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness,some momentary awareness comesas an unexpected visitor. Rumi Much like Rumi’s poem The Guest House, your actual house is like a…
Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor: A Book Recommendation
Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor is a retelling of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando. Orlando, a feminist classic, follows a gender-shifting poet….
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman: A Book Recommendation
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman The Yellow Wallpaper is a short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, written in the late 1800s. The plot revolves around a woman who is suffering from postpartum depression and is…
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