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Summer is just around the corner. If you like to read and are still making travel plans for this summer, here is a list of new and forthcoming books to inspire wonderful summer traveling and reading. Cape Cod: Summer of ‘69 by Elin Hilderbrand Publication Date: June 18, 2019 Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Pages: […]
MoreA couple of weeks ago, Google created an app that generates poems. The Poem Portraits app is an experiment at the boundaries of AI and human collaboration. By donating a word, the user of the poem portrait contributes to an ever-evolving collective poem and receives a poem portrait. It sounded interesting, so The Mire tried […]
MoreI spent my 17th birthday in Nashville, Tennessee for a stop on John Green’s book tour for Turtles All the Way Down. Before the show, I was gifted a free copy of the book. Immediately, I noticed the intricate cover, similar to Green’s Fault in Our Stars in its bold colors and pop-art-esque design. The […]
MorePortrait of Ian Gym shorts and tennis shoes. Crew socks with long necks. Neon shirt. Ramen noodles. Describing a real person is hard. Personalities and characteristics are so complex and intangible that many people don’t even try. Hyo In Park, a senior of the class of 2019 at Indian Springs School, succeeded in his first […]
MoreWhile according to Google search results literature is “written work, especially those with superior or lasting artistic merit,” to me, literature is every written work that challenges the reader to think about new situations and ideas. Many people – especially well-educated adults – frequently pointed out the importance of literature in my life. “It is […]
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