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March 3, 2013

A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea

Twin sisters Saba and Mahteb come of age in 1980s Iran, obsessing over American pop culture, until revolution tears them apart.  Saba dreams that Mahteb has been swept away to the States, but will the two girls be reunited? A vivid evocation of a young woman facing a radically changing world.  A Spring 2013 Discover Great New Writers selection.

Daybook

May 22: The video game Pac-Man, featuring "the most iconic character from the golden age of arcade video games," was released on this day in 1980. Over the next decade, gamers spent over $2.5 billion in quarters…

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In the Margin

Ethan Rutherford and Matt Burgess (Dogfight: A Love Story) on the writing of Rutherford's surreal and fiercely funny story collection The Peripatetic Coffin. 

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