March 2012
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“The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for...”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson’s response on Reddit when asked “What can you tell a young man looking for motivation in life itself?” (via ezrapound)
“At one time the Foxes, perishing from thirst, adopted a ruse which smacks of the...”
– Chicago and the Old Northwest, 1673-1835 by Milo Milton Quaife
I picked a random page and copied down the first paragraph. This is the most exciting history of Chicago. Ever.
(via 57thstreetbooks)
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NBCC Award Winners for Publishing Year 2011 →
thepenguinpress:
On Thursday, March 8, at the New School’s Tishman Auditorium, the National Book Critic Circle presented its awards for publishing year 2011. The prize in fiction went to Edith Pearlman for Binocular Vision: New & Selected Stories (Lookout Books), a collection of 34 Chekhov-like short stories…
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