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    - Lyndon Nicholas
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    - Ogi Ogas
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    - KL Pereira
    - Sophie Powell
    - Wendy Polins
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    - Kristen Paulson-Nguyen
    - Lisa Paige
    - Heather Peterson
    - Marcella Palmeiro
  - R
    - Kate Racculia
    - Octavia Randolph
    - Jane Roper
    - Randy Ross
    - Hillary Rettig
    - Lauren Rheaume
  - S
    - Shuchi Saraswat
    - Michelle Seaton
    - Adam Stumacher
    - Deborah Sosin
    - Grub Street
    - Whitney Scharer
    - Whitney Scharer
    - James Scott
    - Katrin Schumann
    - Elizabeth Solar
    - Jenn Scheck-Kahn
    - Shubha Sunder
    - Carroll Sandel
    - Molly Schpero
    - Jenn Scheck-Kahn
    - Dariel Suarez
    - Diane Sundstrom
    - Charity Singleton Craig
    - Allison Scott
    - Ren C. Smith
    - Sarah Sturman
  - T
    - Becky Tuch
    - Cam Terwilliger
    - Grace Talusan
    - The Brookline Booksmith
    - Holly Thompson
    - Eileen Tomarchio
    - Chetan Tiwari
  - U
    - Naomi Ulsted
  - V
    - Sean Van Deuren
  - W
    - Susan Williams
    - Virgin Writers
    - Linda Wertheimer
    - Jennie Wood
    - Timothy Weed
    - Cara Wood
    - Ashley Weckbacher
  - Y
    - Amy Yelin
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ARCHIVE FOR Daphne Kalotay

Storytime!

As a writer with a debut novel out, I’ve spent the past few months reading from my work at various venues, with the aim of seducing potential readers into purchasing a copy of my book. Some borrow it from friends or the library, and many read it on Kindles and smartphones—but I really don’t care how they read it. Besides the many logical reasons people don’t buy books (expensive; no more room on the shelf; a big unread stack of them still waiting beside the bed), there is the sad fact that the very act of ...