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Stephen Prescott

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Author, poet, bard of the modern age.

 Imagination & Dreams
Joined May 2014
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Books Our Editors Loved This Week

Books Our Editors Loved This Week

Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.

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Engadget is hiring writers! - Engadget

Engadget is hiring writers! - Engadget

We're looking for freelance journalists who know their way around a tech blog.

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Despite Reports, Reading Is Alive and Well

Despite Reports, Reading Is Alive and Well

In “The New Age of Reading,” the staff writer Nathan Heller says that news of the demise of reading is greatly exaggerated. He lays out his case to David Remnick.

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10 Great Books That Are Hard To Read Today

10 Great Books That Are Hard To Read Today

Books like War and Peace and Heart of Darkness are hard to read today, whether because of their daunting length or their outdated depiction of events.

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Anne Carson’s Best Books

Anne Carson’s Best Books

Our critic’s favorite works by the new Nobel laureate. Plus: Colm Tóibín’s reading recommendations.

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The 10 Most Universally Acclaimed Books of the 21st Century, Ranked

The 10 Most Universally Acclaimed Books of the 21st Century, Ranked

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver and Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson are among the 21st century's best-loved books.

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5 Sci-Fi Books That Are A Masterclass In Prose Writing

Some of the most stunning prose to grace the science fiction genre.

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nytimes.com/2026/10/22/opini…
Opinion | Should Living Be Enough ‘Lived Experience’ for a Writer?

Opinion | Should Living Be Enough ‘Lived Experience’ for a Writer?

Imagination, empathy and intelligence should matter as well as identity

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These two new sci-fi novels by Claire North and Annalee Newitz really impressed us | New Scientist

These two new sci-fi novels by Claire North and Annalee Newitz really impressed us | New Scientist

A time traveller must fight for love in Claire North’s As We Fall Through Time, while a single-celled alien is perplexed by Earth’s biology in Annalee Newitz’s A Wall Is Also a Road. Sci-fi columnist...

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Hemingway’s Heated—and Entirely One-Sided—Rivalry With a Younger Writer

Hemingway’s Heated—and Entirely One-Sided—Rivalry With a Younger Writer

In 1952, Ernest Hemingway read a novel by a 30-year-old Yale graduate and former bullfighter, branded him a fraud, and launched a secret war to defend his turf.

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People.com | Celebrity News, Exclusives, Photos and Videos

People.com | Celebrity News, Exclusives, Photos and Videos

Get breaking news and trending scoops on your favorite celebs, royals, true crime sagas, and more.

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Chilean author Isabel Allende wins Spain's prestigious Planeta Prize

Chilean author Isabel Allende wins Spain's prestigious Planeta Prize

Isabel Allende has won this year's edition of Spain's Planeta Prize on Thursday for the sequel to her bestselling ​fiction debut, four decades after the Chilean novelist introduced readers ‌to the...

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14 Books We Read This Week

14 Books We Read This Week

Rod Serling’s television breakthrough, the collapse of Weimar Germany, Edward Hopper’s lonely vision and more.

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Meet Aryash Shyam, the 14-year-old Indian-American student who won a $1,000 national writing prize...

Meet Aryash Shyam, the 14-year-old Indian-American student who won a $1,000 national writing prize...

A 14-year-old Indian-American student from Pennsylvania has won a $1,000 national writing prize for a historical-fiction story set in a Philadelphia print shop on July 4, 1776. Aryash Shyam, a...

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people.com/national-book-fou…
National Book Foundation Announces 2026 Award Finalists — See the List!

National Book Foundation Announces 2026 Award Finalists — See the List!

The National Book Foundation announced this year’s National Book Award finalists. This year, 25 books were selected across Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature and Young People’s...

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10 Greatest Low Fantasy Books Of All Time, Ranked

10 Greatest Low Fantasy Books Of All Time, Ranked

From ancient legends to contemporary classics, the best low fantasy books are able to answer the question - what would our world look like with magic?

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21 Books That Are Even Better the Second Time Around

21 Books That Are Even Better the Second Time Around

These 21 books to reread offer twists, timeless themes, and fresh details that make them even better the second time around.

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8 Forgotten High Fantasy Books That Have Aged Like Fine Wine

8 Forgotten High Fantasy Books That Have Aged Like Fine Wine

Fantasy books like Iron Council and Lord Foul's Bane have aged beautifully in the years since their release, even if most fans don't know about them.

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The 9 Greatest Dystopian Book Trilogies of All Time, Ranked

The 9 Greatest Dystopian Book Trilogies of All Time, Ranked

From classics like William Gibson's Sprawl to Suzanne Collins' influential Hunger Games, these are the greatest dystopian book trilogies ever written.

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Min Jin Lee Was Underestimated for Half Her Life. Then She Started to Write.

Min Jin Lee Was Underestimated for Half Her Life. Then She Started to Write.

A torch bearer for the great 19th-century tradition of social realism, she’s become one of the most important novelists of her generation.

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