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3 Jan 2019
Signature Reads will be closing at the end of the month, but our mission to make well-read sense of the world lives on. Follow @penguinrandom and @readitforward to continue your pursuit of a life well-read.
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28 Nov 2018
A time-traveling reading list featuring Octavia Butler, @thea_lim, @agreer & many more.
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28 Nov 2018
"Great books don’t need our defense. On the contrary, they defend us. But it would have been a pleasure to make a case for Melville and MOBY-DICK or for Jean Toomer’s CANE." Ron Slate on classics he would have liked to review, plus more on @bookmarksreads. bookmarks.reviews/ron-slate-…
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27 Nov 2018
Your Purchase Gives Back! From #GivingTuesday (November 27) until December 4, 2018, for every book purchased on penguinrandomhouse.com/, Penguin Random House will donate $1 to global literacy organization Worldreader. Learn more: bit.ly/2S8UPgC @worldreaders
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22 Nov 2018
“My gratitude for good writing is unbounded; I’m grateful for it the way I’m grateful for the ocean.” @ANNELAMOTT bit.ly/2AaUNh3
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21 Nov 2018
How the World Moves: 5 Books on Native American History: bit.ly/2BoQrod #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
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20 Nov 2018
Have you tried any of these classic #cocktails from literature? @SignatureReads takes a sip of drinks such as Bond's martini in Casino Royale, and the mint julep in The Great Gatsby. signature-reads.com/2018/11/…
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19 Nov 2018
✨ Celebrate #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth and decolonize your bookshelf by reading the work of @NatalieGDiaz, @heyteebs, @joyharjo, and more! Check out the full list over at @SignatureReads: signature-reads.com/2017/11/… 📚
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15 Nov 2018
Remember @NaNoWriMo writers: there will be time to disassemble, destroy, and reconstruct your story later. For now, WRITE! And from our #ThisistheAuthor podcast: "I started and killed seven different novels."-- @gayleforman, author of I HAVE LOST MY WAY #AmWriting #NaNoWriMo
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15 Nov 2018
In honor of Sigrid Nunez's 2018 National Book Award for Fiction for THE FRIEND, we look back at our 2014 interview with her: bit.ly/2DIdVHx #NBAwards
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14 Nov 2018
Download our FREE 2018 Ultimate Writing Guide cosponsored by @creativelive for don’ts, grammar pitfalls, and more! bit.ly/2EF5uht
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14 Nov 2018
“Once you have figured out your voice, do everything you can to strengthen it and make it more compelling.“ @JayneAnnKrentz
bit.ly/2Pr6Ykm #nanowrimo #writingtips
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13 Nov 2018
“If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.”— George Orwell, 1984 bit.ly/2qJSe0U
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13 Nov 2018
"I’ve never forgotten that, for me, 'magic' has to be the operative word—getting the prose to go somewhere and do something you couldn’t have foreseen at the outset."
George Saunders, perfect as always.
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13 Nov 2018
@RachelKleinfeld says, "As society decivilizes, actual #violence becomes more expected and more prevalent," in a new interview with @SignatureReads.
Read her take on violence, law enforcement, and what we can do about it here: signature-reads.com/2018/11/…
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13 Nov 2018
"When conscience comes into conflict with the wallet, conscience rarely wins." bit.ly/2DkGOrX @garympomerantz
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13 Nov 2018
Let's celebrate the #bookbirthday of @MichelleObama's BECOMING with a look back at the Obama years: bit.ly/2OFO8Rh
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12 Nov 2018
.@juneericudorie Shares 5 Books that Bring Intersectional #Feminism to the Forefront:
bit.ly/2QABp3R
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