A divorced single mother in late 1950s London keeps four colour-coded notebooks because she cannot write fiction anymore. The 1962 novel that made Doris Lessing the oldest Nobel laureate ever.

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I find myself, rewardingly, in a Reader state of mind. It’s the result of spending time savoring the 300 pages of a book that some thought might never be created. “Free Chicago: 50 Years of the Reader ...

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In the decade-plus that I’ve been using them, e-readers have become indispensable in my life. Unlike with paperbacks, an e-reader allows me to carry dozens of books in a fanny pack or backpack, and I ...