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Lost Arthurian Legends Found Hidden in Tudor-Era Ledger
Have you heard about the remarkable discovery at the University of Cambridge which has brought new life to the legend…
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The Ingalls Family is Coming to Netflix
Have you heard the news that Netflix recently greenlit a reboot of Little House? Which made me think back to…
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Beware the Ides of March: How Shakespeare Shaped Our Language
The phrase “Beware the Ides of March” has become a cultural shorthand for a warning ignored, leading to a disastrous…
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AI and X-Rays Reveal Written Secrets of Poet and Philosopher, Philodemus
If there is one thing I love as much as literature, it’s history. That’s why a recent discovery caught my…
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Choose Love this Month
Love is in the air this month!Long before modern love stories filled bookstore shelves, some of the earliest authors were…
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Anne Brontë: The Quiet Revolutionary of Feminist Fiction
Most of us know about Charlotte Bronte, after all, Jane Eyre is considered by many as one of the great…
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Jane Austen’s Writing Slope
Jane Austen’s writing slope is one of my favorite artifacts. A gift from her father, George Austen, in December 1794,…
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Who Really Wrote The Night Before Christmas?
The origins of the poem remain steeped in controversy. As the story goes, Clement Clarke Moore wrote “A Visit from…
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A Christmas Carol Took Only Six Weeks to Write
Do you read or watch A Christmas Carol during the festive season? Did you know that A Christmas Carol is…
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Cambridge Dictionary Announces Their “Word of the Year”
Each year the Cambridge Dictionary chooses a Word of the Year and this year they have named “manifest” as the…
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