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Edgar Allan Poe tries Japanese candy
You will say that I am mad—for who but a madman could devise so remarkable a species of vengeance, marked by such intricate dissimulation, such exquisite cunning? Continue reading
Can you solve these 19th-century math problems?
This is one of the easiest: “On Monday, I sold 3/7 of my pears; on Tuesday, I sold 16 more than 1/2 of the remainder, and had 20 pears left. How many had I at first?” Continue reading
How to sell the world’s shortest novel
Could I market this book as the shortest novel ever written? Maybe. Here’s how. Continue reading
This is how you write a book dedication
Why I’ve never included a dedication in any of my books … and why I might start doing it from now on. Continue reading
What Laura Ingalls Wilder really ate
Two books claim to have the answer. But the answer each one presents is very different from the other. Continue reading
That time P.T. Barnum wrote a personal finance book
P.T. Barnum: king of ballyhoo, prince of humbugs, sultan of spin … giver of financial advice? As Barnum himself said, there’s a sucker born every minute. Continue reading
Why adults read YA novels
Are children’s chapter stories and YA fiction books real novels? Continue reading
