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Books Forever

  • Kelly Lynn Thomas
  • October 5, 2016
A London bookshop is holding a contest for a lifetime supply of books for anyone in the world, according to a story by Alison Flood in the Guardian. Those who wish to…
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Shakespeare Didn’t Make up as Many Words as We Think

  • Amanda Hildebrand
  • September 8, 2016
For the Guardian, Alison Flood writes on the bias of the Oxford English Dictionary towards “famous literary examples” instead of the actual origin, resulting in the incorrect attribution of several still-used words…
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The Endangered List

  • Kelly Lynn Thomas
  • September 7, 2016
The Dictionary of American Regional English, or DARE, has launched a campaign to save fifty words and phrases it deems are dying from lack of use, reports Alison Flood for the…
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Disliked Words around the World

  • Katie O'Brien
  • August 26, 2016
Sworn haters of the word ‘moist,’ now is your chance to be heard. Oxford Dictionaries has launched a worldwide vote to find English language speakers’ least favorite word, the Guardian’s…
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Stable Decline

  • Kelly Lynn Thomas
  • August 17, 2016
According to an article by Alison Flood in the Guardian, library use in England has fallen almost 31 percent over the past decade, with one notable exception: Adults in the least…
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Fifty Shades of Sexism

  • Kelly Lynn Thomas
  • May 11, 2016
A new academic study published in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior has found that young women who read and enjoy Fifty Shades of Gray are more likely to hold…
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Beyond the Surface

  • Jake Slovis
  • April 20, 2016
At the Guardian, Alison Flood wonders whether or not genre writing, particularly romance writing, is primarily “rubbish.” In her investigation, she points out how assumptions are often made about the…
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Less Is Pottermore

  • Adam Keller
  • March 11, 2016
Since the Harry Potter series ended, the Potter universe has continued to expand with tie-in books and lore published on the website Pottermore. However, Rowling’s magic-based historical revisionism was challenged…
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Letter From Woolf Costs A Pretty Penny

  • Jake Slovis
  • December 16, 2015
For the Guardian, Alison Flood reports that a letter from Virginia Woolf to her friend Philip Morrel will go to auction with a guide price of £1,000-£1,500. The letter tells of Woolf’s…
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Little Jack’s Love Letters

  • Casey Dayan
  • September 19, 2014
I shall worship her with quiet dignity. I shall draw her attention to me by exploits, success, and possibly a small measure of fame,” wrote a young, romantically inclined Jack…
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