"Book towns are made for book lovers. Around the world, tiny towns have made bookstores their specialty," Atlas Obscura noted.
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"Overlooked obits." The New York Times has begun adding obituaries for people "who left indelible marks but were nonetheless overlooked," beginning with 15 remarkable women, including Ida B. Wells, Sylvia Plath, Qiu Jin and Nella Larsen.
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Embiggen, a word coined for The Simpsons, TV series, has officially landed in the Merriam-Webster's online dictionary, Mental Floss reported.
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"From cozy to cavernous, Lit Hub featured "10 fictional homes we want to live in."
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From Philip Roth to Zadie Smith, author Lisa Halliday chose her top 10 parallel narratives for the Guardian.
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The Terreria bookcase "is part modular furniture and part Italian farmhouse window looking out over the countryside," Bookshelf wrote.