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Day 3: This is a New York poem. Once you learn it, you can take it anywhere.
You can take a poem with you anywhere, but knowing its origins can help make it yours. Practice by playing our poetry emoji ...
Day 1: Learn a poem with us this week. Keep it for a lifetime.
Starting today, we’ll have a week of games, videos and essays to help you along the way. First up: readings by Ina Garten, ...
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How “The Great Gatsby” Took Over High School
Scott Fitzgerald was worried about “The Great Gatsby.” It had been fifteen years since the novel was published, and the ...
Fill in the Blank: Which U.S. Cities Are in These Book Titles?
Mementos Became Material for Joan Didion: The opening of the Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne archives in the New York ...
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One Half-Tipsy Yank with a Typewriter
Evelyn Waugh, when he was re-reading Fitzgerald’s other major novel, Tender Is the Night, just a few years before his own death, found it remarkable that “one half-tipsy Yank with a typewriter” could ...
F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" at 100
In 1925, a tragic tale of striving featuring an enigmatic millionaire was published – and it bombed. Since then, its ...