May 2012
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May 7th
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“[Pauls] Toutonghi wrote both books in the first person. And yet, he considers...”
– In Defense of Autobiography by Jennifer Miller (via millionsmillions)
May 7th
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May 7th
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May 4th
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“I love the smell of book ink in the morning.”
– Umberto Eco
May 4th
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May 4th
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“[The] average daydream is about fourteen seconds long and [we] have about two...”
– The Storytelling Animal – the science of how we came to live and breathe stories. (via explore-blog)
May 4th
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May 4th
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May 3rd
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May 3rd
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May 3rd
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“It was not an adventure; it was my life.”
– Yehuda Amichai  (via hmhpoetry)
May 3rd
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May 2nd
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May 1st
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Two New Books in Translation by Jose Saramago Pub...
hmhlit: “Each book I write is a conversation with my reader.” - Jose Saramago Announcing the paperback publication of Manual of Painting and Calligraphy and Small Memories, both by Jose Saramago and translated by Giovanni Pontiero
May 1st
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“So many people enter and leave your life! Hundreds of thousands of people! You...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (via bookmania)
May 1st
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May 1st
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April 2012
99 posts
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Apr 30th
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Poetry giveaway on Twitter, happening soon!  →
hmhpoetry: Last day of National Poetry Month! I’m giving away MASTER OF DISGUISES by Charles Simic, HERE by Wislawa Szymborska, NATIVE GUARD by Natasha Trethewey, and THE BACK CHAMBER by Donald Hall over on our Twitter (@hmhbooks). In 15 minutes! First 5 to RT win. So follow and RT! 
Apr 30th
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ARE YOU MY MOTHER? tour
Alison Bechdel’s tour kicks off tomorrow in NYC. Is she visiting you? NEW YORK B&N/UWS, May 1, 7:00 pm BOSTON Harvard Book Store @ Brattle Theatre, May 2, 6:00 pm  PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia Free Library, May 3, 7:30 pm  WASHINGTON DC Politics & Prose, May 4, 7:00 pm  TORONTO Toronto Comic Arts Festival, May 5 ST. LOUIS Left Bank Books, May 6,...
Apr 30th
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