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Poems to Listen By: Moonstruck 08—The Time is Midnight

By Laurie Klein 2 Comments

infant looking at camera on dark background

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‘Wintering’ book club: Thaw & Lapwing

By Megan Willome 13 Comments

thaw beside sea ice

After winter comes thaw and a surprise—lapwing. Join us for the third and final book club discussing Katherine May’s “Wintering.”

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‘Wintering’ book club: Cold Water & Resilient Gulls

By Megan Willome 14 Comments

Eagle Lake, California, in winter

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‘Wintering’ book club: Hot Water & Starlings

By Megan Willome 16 Comments

sunrise at Swine's Den, Howick, England

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Book Club Announcement: Wintering by Katherine May

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white fronted tern wintering book club

It is winter, and the rooks are here. Join us for our next patron-only book club, discussing Katherine May’s book “Wintering,” beginning February 9.

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Poems to Listen By: Moonstruck 07—Moon Crossing Bridge

By Laurie Klein 2 Comments

black and white river in fog

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Poems to Listen By: Moonstruck 06—Lunula

By Laurie Klein 4 Comments

mother with toddler in arms

Laurie Klein’s Moonstruck series takes us to a poetic reflection on motherhood and the moon with Susan Cowger’s “Lunula.”

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Poems to Listen By: Moonstruck 05—Moonchild

By Laurie Klein 2 Comments

woman with braids in moonlight

The latest episode of Moonstruck in Laurie Klein’s Poems to Listen by reflects on poems that speak to childhood traumas with a poem by Lucille Clifton and Reuben Jackson’s poem about Trayvon Martin.

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Don’t Ask Why Book Club: From New York to Paris

By Will Willingham 7 Comments

turquoise street

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Poems to Listen By: Moonstruck 04—Delicate

By Laurie Klein 10 Comments

moonlight on waves

The moon is full of mystery and delicate secrets. In this episode of Poems to Listen By: Moonstruck, Laurie Klein reads L.L. Barkat’s “Delicate.”

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Don’t Ask Why: So Many Meteorites

By Will Willingham 7 Comments

Woman Floating Surreal Meteorites

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Don’t Ask Why Book Club: Dolores

By Will Willingham 14 Comments

Sunset on Seine River Paris France

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Poems to Listen By: Moonstruck 03—A Pause in the Sky

By Laurie Klein 6 Comments

Via Engiadina star trails and moonlight

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Poems to Listen By: Moonstruck 02—Facts About the Moon

By Laurie Klein 4 Comments

white flower with moonlight bokeh

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Poems to Listen By: Moonstruck 01—The Wind and the Moon

By Laurie Klein 9 Comments

light reflected in water for the wind and the moon poem

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Grammar for a Full Life Book Club: On Becoming Less Possessive

By Charity Singleton Craig 6 Comments

Barbary macaque - possessive grammar

Are your possessive pronouns making you hold onto things a little too tightly? Charity Singleton Craig says loosen your grip, in the final installment of Grammar for a Full Life book club.

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Grammar for a Full Life Book Club: Chilling Out on the Grammar Rules

By Charity Singleton Craig 4 Comments

brown squirrel with ears up - chill out grammar rules

In this week’s book club discussion of Grammar for a Full Life, Charity Singleton Craig helps parse when the grammar rules matter, and when we can chill out.

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Grammar for a Full Life Book Club: A Passive Voice

By Charity Singleton Craig 16 Comments

Mastiff puppy hangdog face

Charity Singleton Craig kicks off our latest book club with a discussion of the ways that passive voice can take away agency and responsibility.

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Book Club Announcement: Grammar for a Full Life

By Charity Singleton Craig 1 Comment

Ducklings at water edge

Join Charity Singleton Craig in our next book club, Grammar for a Full Life, and explore the ways language, and grammar in particular, can enrich our experiences and well-being.

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The Great Gatsby Book Club: Chapters 7-9—Borne Back Ceaselessly Into the Past

By Tania Runyan 2 Comments

old green motor boat on shore

In the final installment of our The Great Gatsby book club, Tania Runyan explores what it means to be “borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

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