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These titles conjure their settings so vividly that you’ll feel as if you’re there.
Arsh Raziuddin Ten Poetry Collections to Read Again and Again
Here is the verse that we just can’t get out of our heads.
Matt Chase / The Atlantic. Source: Getty. Six Memoirs That Go Beyond Memories
Sometimes, a writer can use more than their own recollections to tell a personal story.
Hoi Chan What to Read to Come to Terms With Death
These titles can help us accept our limitations and live full lives.
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