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The Hope and Anchor: Author Interview/Book Review of Julia Kite’s Debut Novel

Maribel Garcia
Literary Lagniappe
 Angela Archer, last seen on 18 December, is 24 years old, five foot nine inches tall and of proportionate build, with green eyes. She has dyed blonde hair with brown roots. She has lived in West London her ent... Read More...
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The Author’s Cut with Rebecca Faye Smith Galli

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Rebecca Faye Smith Galli (Becky), author of Rethinking Possible: A Memoir of Resilience, is a weekly columnist who lives in Baltimore, Maryland and writes about love, loss, and healing. A Morehead-Cain Scholar ... Read More...

“Oh No They Didn’t”: Amerilexicophobia

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AMERILEXICOPHOBIA: What’s that you ask? According to Lynne Murphy, an American linguistics professor, but longtime U.K. resident, it is an illness. It’s a form of distress that the British suffer from, an af... Read More...

Is the Key to Being Resilient, Keeping Hope Realistic? An Interview with Memoirist, Rebecca Faye Smith Galli

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In this memoir, we meet Becky Galli. We are first introduced to the author's life while she is safely ensconced in a pretty idyllic 1960s southern upbringing-complete with the pastor father and a stay-at-ho... Read More...

Popular: The Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World by Mitch Prinstein

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What matters? Waking up with general good health? Hot water in the shower? That first mug of coffee in the morning? The knowledge that you have a roof over your head? Or is popularity? Our desire to be liked an... Read More...

Author Interview with Alicia DiFabio, author of Women Who Tri: A Reluctant Athlete’s Journey to the Heart of America’s Newest Obsession

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Interviews, Reviews
Ever wonder when the marathon and triathlon craze started? You know what I’m talking about – that time before your Facebook posts were inundated with scores of women from all walks of life crossing the finishin... Read More...

I Ran into Monica Lewinsky Recently and Learned Something…

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There I was, trying to think of ways that Book Club Babble could raise awareness about bullying since October is National Bullying Prevention Month. I started to mentally put together a list of painfully honest... Read More...

Haiti’s Poor and Their Pathway to a Better Life, An Interview with Steve Werlin

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It’s hard to believe that while some of us live in a world of excess, others continue to live in extreme poverty. If you have ever felt helpless when hearing about how our fellow neighbors live and ever wondere... Read More...

Author Interview with Harriet Levin Millan, author of How Fast Can You Run?

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Interviews, Reviews
In her debut novel, How Fast Can You Run, poet Harriet Levin Millan (The Christmas Show, Girl in Cap and Gown) gives an insightful and carefully crafted account of just one of the many consequences of the secon... Read More...
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“If you’ve met one person with autism…”

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Interviews
   “If you've met one person with autism, you've met one person with autism.” Best quote ever. I learned it from Liane Kupferberg Carter’s latest memoir, Ketchup is my Favorite Vegetable: A Family Grows u... Read More...
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