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Bite-sized book reviews by distinguished and engaging writers, direct to readers‘ in boxes. Editor Ann Kjellberg is a multi-decade veteran of The New York Review of Books and founder of the literary magazine LIttle Star

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Book publishing advice and community for authors of fiction and nonfiction, written by the agents at Neon Literary.

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