Congratulations to Jayne Anne Phillips on the Pulitzer for Night Watch! You can see her event with us and the Bellevue Literary Review here: youtube.com/live/GeFElKhA4…

36 years later, Julia Sugarbaker is still right.

Web pages typically last about 100 days before being changed or deleted. Since 1996, the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine has preserved nearly 900 billion pages, making them accessible to all. cbsn.ws/3XfPOYu

A book is not only a friend, it makes friends for you. When you have possessed a book with mind and spirit, you are enriched. But when you pass it on you are enriched threefold. — Henry Miller

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In the opening lecture of the Dickens Universe, "Remorse," Professor John Bowen of the University of York explores the complicated role of forgiveness — and the unforgivable — in Dickens's Great Expectations.

This Bluegrass singer just wrote "The Ballad of Tim Walz." Its absolutely amazing. Rural America is mobilizing for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz y'all. Joe Troop • #FreeLeonardPeltier ruralvote.org/newsupdates/jo…

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A poem by Robert Hass. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/3tguB7

Dolly Parton dedicated an entire ACM Awards to Ukraine, while looking snatched, and is ambassador for Sunflower Guitar that donates to humanitarian aid. In a world full of Elon Musks, be a Dolly Parton.

I am told this piece, an interview by me with Barbara Kingsolver about the importance of trade unions, was the most read piece on The Guardian website yesterday. Obviously, we would love it if even more people read it today !

Beautifully put. Some people cause constant chaos around themselves to avoid getting caught. x.com/aDatingDad/sta…

Bill Clinton: I'm too old to gild a lily. Heck, I'm only two months younger than Donald Trump. But the good news for you is I will not spend 30 minutes swaying back and forth to music.

Luggage carts in Spain: free. Luggage carts in Portugal: free. Luggage carts in San Francisco: $ 8.00. San Francisco International Airport (SFO) ✈️

Wait for luggage in Madrid: at the carousel before the passengers. Wait for luggage in San Francisco: 45 minutes. Response from employee when asked about status: “that’s not my job.” San Francisco International Airport (SFO) ✈️

The censorship algorithm has reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife advocacy group ? You can help by retweeting, liking and following. If we're going to preserve what few wild places remain, we need you to get involved.

“Pro-life” would be 20 Sandy Hook students voting for the first time this election.

Discovered Lídia Jorge in translation in a Lisbon bookstore last month. This novel is beautiful. She is a master storyteller.

Dickens Project gets prestigious $200,000 NEH grant to host institute for high school teachers news.ucsc.edu/2024/10/dicken… via UC Santa Cruz

Congratulations to The Dickens Project and @buffyantiqua for this excellent program - teaching Dickens to high school literature instuctors. Well done.