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Guillermo del Toro just may be as obsessed as Dr. Frankenstein himself.

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while also writing parenting columns and a children’s book. “Mary Ellen was a champion for early childhood education,” said Shelley Greenwood, the retired assistant head of school at the Lat ...

Author Dorian Lynskey explores why writers have long imagined and written about the end of the world (and why readers come along for the ride).

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In “Jane Austen’s Bookshelf,” rare-book dealer Rebecca Romney discovers overlooked women authors who inspired the famous ...