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Sag Harbor Marathon Reading of "The Great Gatsby" | East End Beacon
3+ week, 15+ hour ago (59+ words) Sponsored by Canio's Books May 30 Marathon Reading Schedule " Register to read. 11: 00 " 2: 00pm John Jermain Memorial Library (first 6 chapters) 2: 30 " 6: 00pm Sag Harbor Whaling Museum, including staged reading of the Hotel scene, followed by AFTER PARTY with silent auction, period music, & festivities. Always more…...
Our Summer Art Reading List
2+ hour, 6+ min ago (367+ words) Beach reads are officially back, and it feels like nature is finally inviting us to bring our books outdoors again. In between your escapist fantasy novels and trendy memoirs, dip into an essay collection by critic Megan O'Grady on art…...
Alhambra Library to Host Family Memory Box Workshop Inspired by "They Called Us Enemy"
8+ hour, 46+ min ago (250+ words) Colorado Boulevard. net Alhambra Library to Host Family Memory Box Workshop Inspired by "They Called Us Enemy" The Alhambra Library will host a family memory box workshop for adults on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, from 5: 30 pm to 7: 00 pm, as part of the…...
Greek Australian voices explore memory, migration and identity at Melbourne book launch
1+ hour, 34+ min ago (513+ words) Writers and readers gathered in Malvern East to celebrate two new publications examining personal truth, resilience and the enduring legacy of migration through storytelling Frixos Ioannides 19 May 2026 12: 30pm Sunday saw a gathering of writers and book lovers who came together to…...
Mystery of 'ghost ship' the Mary Celeste finally solved after 150 years
6+ hour, 25+ min ago (559+ words) It was discovered in the 19th century(Image: Shutterstock) The mystery of the Mary Celeste may have finally been solved. It is a famous 19th-century "ghost ship" that was discovered inexplicably abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean around 900 miles west of Portugal…...
Croatian writer Veljko Barbieri dies
10+ hour, 6+ min ago (305+ words) Croatian writer and Croatian Army Major Veljko Barbieri died on Monday morning in Makarska, at the age of 76. Barbieri was born in 1950 in Splitand graduated from the Classical Gymnasium in Zagreb, where he also studied at the Faculty of Philosophy....
STEVENS reviews Lucy Worsley Investigates: The American Revolution
4+ hour, 13+ min ago (506+ words) Every morning when'he lived in London, the great American thinker and politician Benjamin Franklin would throw open the shutters of his upstairs windows and take an 'air bath' " stark naked. Breathing in the pungent odours of Craven Street, between the…...
The Blogs: Duck Arithmetic: Contradiction, Certainty, and the Jewish State
2+ hour, 47+ min ago (110+ words) Peter Himmelman is a Grammy and Emmy nominated rock and roll performer, songwriter, film composer, visual artist and award-winning author. He has been profiled in Time Magazine, Rolling Stone, The Wall Street Journal, Tablet, The Jerusalem Post, The Times Of…...
Iliad, and the art of dying
3+ hour, 21+ min ago (19+ words) A group of researchers have found a fragment from the Iliad buried with a mummy from Roman-era Egypt...
French author Violaine Huisman brings "The Monuments of Paris" to Boston
3+ hour, 54+ min ago (538+ words) At the French Library in Boston on May 12, author Violaine Huisman spoke about history and the emotional necessity of writing during an event celebrating her newest novel, "The Monuments of Paris." The evening, hosted in partnership with Trident Booksellers & Cafe,…...