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Every House Has a Story

Every house has a story. And, if you had asked my friends and family members the day my husband and I went to look at a historic house on the coast of North Carolina’s third oldest town, they would have said ours had a cautionary tale. They weren’t totally wrong.…
Kristy Woodson Harvey
July 1, 2024
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Why Elizabeth Strout Is My Literary Icon

I have three priorities this October: launch my pregnancy memoir, submit my next novel before its deadline (okay, at least by its deadline), and pour over, lavish inside, and dwell on Elizabeth Strout’s latest book, Oh William!. Everyone admires Strout for her telling details, shrewd insights and languorous mood building,…
Alena Dillon
October 18, 2021
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Fatherhood Is In the Eye Of the Beholder

You can’t pick your father; you just arrive into this world and hope for the best.  My father was not someone to be revered, but he was the head of my childhood household. He fought with my mother and sent me and my two siblings to an orphanage on Staten…
A.M. Grotticelli
June 18, 2021
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Give the Gift of Reading: Books for Every Reader on Your List

BookTrib is partnering with Bookish to bring you more great content. There’s something so special about giving the right book as a gift. You’re providing hours of entertainment, a beautiful keepsake object, and, sometimes, entry into an entirely new world. A gift card can’t do that. 2017 was a great year for books, meaning there…
Bookish
December 13, 2017