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Nancy Willard
Dies At 80: The prolific author, whose 70 books of poems and
fiction enchanted children and adults alike, died on Feb. 19 at her home in
Poughkeepsie.
Reading Jane
Austen's Final Novel: Two hundred years after its author’s
death, 'Sanditon' remains a robust, unsparing portrait of human foolishness.
Are You An Echo?
Or a Poet?: The remarkable story of the forgotten young woman
who became Japan's most beloved children's poet.
Planned
Parenthood On Pluto: Feminist sci-fi writers, including Hugo
Award winners, dream up a better future for women and reproductive health.
Black Author,
White Gaze: "What happens to the writerly imagination of a
black author who is at some level always conscious of representing one's race?
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