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Articles Meet Literary Jukebox, a Daily Dose of Art Discovery Sometimes a good book sings louder with the right soundtrack. Now there's a highly personal website dishing out daily pairings of lit and song.Alex Goldmark11 Aug, 2012
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A Skeptic's Guide to Writers' Houses, in Photos In A Skeptic's Guide to Writers' Houses, Anne Trubek visits homes of greats from Poe to Twain to Hemingway, and the past smashes into the present.Anne Trubek03 Dec, 2010
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Quidditch World Cup Takes Manhattan Should Quidditch be an NCAA Sport? The Real-Life World Cup of a Fictional Sport Thousands of somewhat athletic Harry Potter fans donned silly outfits and custom brooms to participate in the real life Quidditch World Cup.Allison Burtch21 Nov, 2010
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Articles Contest: Send Us a 200-Word Review of Jonathan Franzen's Freedom (Deadline Wednesday) GOOD's Book Club needs your clever reviews of the brick of a book, Freedom. Deadline is Wednesday, and there are prizes (and glory) to be had.Patrick JamesSiobhan O'Connor14 Oct, 2010