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Self-published author Jeffrey Blount (left), Poets & Writers executive director Elliot Figman (center), and an audience member enjoy conversation at the Folger Shakespeare Library on October 25, 2014.

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Robert Giron, founder of Gival Press, chats with an audience member during the reception at the Folger Shakespeare Library.

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Debut novelist Amy Rowland (left) speaks with an audience member during the literary mixer at the Folger Shakespeare Library.

Eimear McBride

The debut novelist speaks about how reading James Joyce's Ulysses influenced her to write a book in six months, and how she struggled for years to get it published. A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing was published by Coffee House Press in September.

Songs From Your Past

11.6.14

We all have music artists that we connected with in our youth. But as time goes on, our music tastes tend to change. This week, pick a song you haven’t listened to in over ten years and give it another try. Write a short personal essay about your reaction to the song. What was it about that song that made you connect with it at the time? Do you still like it as much as you did then? If not, what do you think that says about how you’ve changed as a person?

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