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• Goodbye, Richard Matheson

  

  Shaunta: By the time I was in high school, there was maybe a double handful of books that had had a huge impact on me. I kept them in two plastic milk cartons i... Read more

  The 25 June 2013 by   Storycarnivores
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• Sex Scenes in Fiction

  

  This is the 100th post on the Literary Sofa and the subject of sex hasn’t come up much beyond the occasional mention in a review. Read more

  The 24 June 2013 by   Isabel Costello
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• Layers of Identity

  

  By Jenni Gate “Middle child syndrome just doesn’t exist!” How many times I heard this as I was growing up. But I was convinced that birth order meant... Read more

  The 24 June 2013 by   Noveladventurers
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• Where Are the Fathers in Fiction?

  

  Anna Perera; Guantanamo Boy The Sunday just gone was Fathers’ Day. Prompted by this, a friend of mine tweeted a question that I thought I’d be able to answer:... Read more

  The 17 June 2013 by   Treasuryislands
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• A Vision of Angels by Timothy Smith

  

  "A terrorist attack planned for Easter Sunday in Jerusalem sets off a chain of events that weave together the lives of an American journalist, Israeli war... Read more

  The 16 June 2013 by   Bellezza
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• Infinite Jest—All Too Finite

  

  Readers may recall my recent post about hunting for David Foster Wallace’s 1996 novel, Infinite Jest, finally snagged at a used book sale. I have now attempted... Read more

  The 15 June 2013 by   Fsrcoin
  

• Review: Siege & Storm

  

  Title: Siege StormAuthor: Leigh BarudgoEdition: hardcoverSeries: The Grisha #2Released Date: June 4th, 2013Publisher: Henry Holt CoGoodreads / Amazon... Read more

  The 13 June 2013 by   Theliteraturelion
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• Poetry in June: R.L.Stevenson

  

  Yesterday I promised you one more poem about trains and here it is, right on time, from Robert Louis Stevenson’s (1850-1894) A Child’s Garden of Verses. Read more

  The 12 June 2013 by   Chris Mills
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• Grand Duchess Tatiana

  

  Tsarina Alexandra, Olga and the baby Tatiana, 1897.‘Tsarskoe Selo, The second bright happy day in our family life: at 10.40 in the morning the Lord blessed us... Read more

  The 10 June 2013 by   Mmeguillotine
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• Poetry in June: Letters and Trains

  

  This poem by W.H. Auden (1907- 1973) combines two of my favourites things, letters and train journeys. It was written to accompany a General Post Office (GPO)... Read more

  The 10 June 2013 by   Chris Mills
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