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Books Like House of Leaves: A Crash Course in Ergodic Fiction

Posted on January 28, 2021September 12, 2021 by Melissa Baron

Ergodic sounds vaguely Lovecraftian, doesn’t it? Rest assured, it is not, although do buckle in for a ride through fiction’s coolest niche genre: the weird and unconventional world of ergodic literature. If you’re looking for more books like House of Leaves or anything else by Mark Z. Danielewski, this list is for you. Read…

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Recent Books Reddit Thinks Will Be Classics

Posted on January 22, 2021June 23, 2021 by Melissa Baron

Recently, a really great discussion sparked by Shreya Sajankila, also known as Reddit user mauvemittens, got book lovers talking about classics. Namely, what books of the last 20 years do we think will become classics in a few centuries and earn those titles the kind of cultural clout we give to the works of Toni Morrison, Charles Dickens, […]

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Times New Roman, Arial, and Helvetica: The Font Favorites. But Why?

Posted on January 9, 2021June 23, 2021 by Melissa Baron

There are hundreds of thousands of font styles out there in the world, and yet the mainstays in English and Latin-based languages typically boil down to just three: Times New Roman, Arial, and Helvetica. They are everywhere, whether we like it or not: from the papers we wrote in high school to the books we […]

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What Are the Most Cited Poems?

Posted on October 15, 2020June 23, 2021 by Melissa Baron

There is a vast body of work in the world of poetry, as there are talented poets across the world penning lines of verse that can grab you by the throat, gently take your hand, and resonate through your heart like the sweetest notes of a violin. It’s no surprise, then, that certain poems rise above […]

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What Can Your Book’s Copyright Page Tell You?

Posted on April 27, 2020June 23, 2021 by Melissa Baron

It’s the fine print page we always skip past as we flip to the first page of our novel. Unassuming. Utterly forgettable. And yet, there’s a lot you can learn from all that tiny text. For instance, do you love that book cover? You can find out who designed it. Want to know what font […]

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