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The Fantastical Real

by Langdon Hammer | Monday, December 02, 2019
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Winter Recipes from the Collective 

by Louise Glück | Monday, December 02, 2019
The Gathering Storm

The Gathering Storm

by Langdon Hammer | Tuesday, September 03, 2019
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Count 

by Valerie Martinez | Tuesday, September 03, 2019
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I Send a Birthday Wish to My Friend Brian Doyle 

by Lance Larsen | Tuesday, September 03, 2019
A lifeguard chair on a beach at sunset

September: A Sonnet

by Henry Allen | Sunday, September 01, 2019
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August: A Sonnet

by Henry Allen | Thursday, August 01, 2019
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July: A Sonnet

by Henry Allen | Monday, July 01, 2019
Pink daisies facing the sunset

June: A Sonnet

by Henry Allen | Thursday, June 13, 2019
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Raging Toward Heaven

by Langdon Hammer | Monday, June 03, 2019
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14 Novels of Love Gone Wrong

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The history of love is hardly all sunshine, daisies, and boxes of chocolate. Arguably the oldest love story in the Western canon ended quite badly when Adam and Eve fell out of Eden, and classics like Wuthering Heights and Anna Karenina continue that noble tradition. This Valentine’s Day, celebrate the whole history of love—even the ugly bits—with these 14 novels of romance gone awry.