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Barbie, for Book Lovers

A full-length Barbie novel with mature concerns — even Barbie has job troubles, it seems — is allowing women to bring their girlhood passions into adulthood.

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In 1970, 1 in 13 four-year degrees was in English. Today it's 1 in 60. What happened? “Canon" became a dirty word

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