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By Nick Moran posted at 2:00 pm on January 6, 2013 0

“Why Do Literary Readings Always Make Me Want to Kill Myself?” vs. “The Lively and Maybe Lost Art of the Literary Reading.”

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Nick Moran is the social media editor for The Millions. He was born in Hoboken, NJ and he returned there after graduating from the University of Miami. Before leaving the publishing industry, he worked for Norton, John Wiley & Sons, and Oxford University Press. His interests can be followed on his Tumblr, Nick Recommends and Twitter, @nemoran3.

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