Colleen Hoover’s tales of love and trauma
Aided by an online fanbase, the author has sold over 20 million novels. What makes these formulaic books so marketable?
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Jordan Peterson’s rules for selective quotation
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Celebrating failure is a mistake
There is no such thing as a “teachable moment”.
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Catherine Taylor’s The Stirrings: a memoir of girlhood in a time of rebellion
These reflections of 1970s Sheffield are steeped in the Cold War and the shadow of the Yorkshire Ripper.
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Cormac McCarthy’s art of war
In Blood Meridian the author reaches the dark heart of the American novel – where violence is timeless.
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