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In Review: The Week of December 3rd

This week we brought you more book recommendations with Just the Thing, cheered for the RBC Taylor Prize longlist, read about the intersection between poetry and science, and much more!

December 8 2018

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Just the Thing, our book recommendation tool that pairs books with every gift from concert tickets to bath products, continued with books to go with those travel accessories, bath & self-care products, sports memorabilia, gardening tools & plants + lottery tickets & gift cards!

Around the Web

~ The prestigious RBC Taylor Prize longlist included an ALU fave: Jan in 35 Pieces: A Memoir in Music, published by Porcupine’s Quill.~ Electric Lit rounded up a list of 14 literary podcasts that aren’t hosted by three white guys which includes Can’t Lit, one of our personal go-tos.~ Next time someone talks smack about poetry, hit them with some science.

What Else We’re Reading

We’re reading Deanna Young’s pastoral-gothic hybrid Reunion (Brick Books), a collection of poetry that weaves in and out of time, looking on a younger self, and plays with forms from ballads to prayer to Biblical sermons.

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