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Anne Lamott on 'Pippi Longstocking'

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Writer Anne Lamott says that the children’s classic made her feel like there was room in the world for imaginative, adventurous girls who just might wear mismatched knee socks. More

Jericho Brown on 'The Witches Of Eastwick'

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As a black, gay poet, Jericho Brown considers it “hilarious” that he discovered sex through one of the whitest writers in American history — John Updike. More

Alissa Quart On 'Days of Abandonment' and 'Sleepless Nights'

Alissa Quart recommends Elena Ferrante's "Days of Abandonment" and Elizabeth Hardwick's "Sleepless Nights."

Bill T. Jones On 'Seeing is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees'

Choreogapher Bill T. Jones recommends Lawrence Weschler's biography of Robert Irwin, an artist who spent his career attempting to capture the subjectivity of the act of experiencing the world around us.

Marshall Boswell On 'Infinite Jest'

David Foster Wallace wrote memorably about AA in his famous novel "Infinite Jest." Writer Marshall Boswell reads one of his favorite passages.

Jennifer Jacquet On 'Last Chance To See'

Environmentalist Jennifer Jacquet recommends "Last Chance to See" by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine.

Helen MacDonald On 'The Dark Is Rising'

Every year, MacDonald reads this tale of a boy who finds out he's one of the "old ones," part of a series from author Susan Cooper. She says it reconnects her with a sense of wonder inspired by what might lurk beneath the surface of the seen world.

Nick Bantock on 'The Fencing Master'

Nick Bantock bookmarks "The Fencing Master" by Arturo Perez-Reverte.

Emily Parker on 'Conversation in the Cathedral'

Diplomat and writer Emily Parker say by Peruvian Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa uses fiction to uniquely depict what it actually looks like living day-to-day under a authoritarian regime.