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writer / editor / stalwart. instagram: lmo_nyc. website: laurenoster.com.
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Letter of Recommendation: Collecting One Book

Letter of Recommendation: Collecting One Book

The New York Times — Letter of Recommendation Two years ago, I met a French tourist who explained that when he visits a new city, he makes a beeline for a local shop and buys every edition of George Orwell's "1984" he can find. I was inspired: What an elegant way to explore, support small businesses and dignify hoarding!
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Is Seaweed the Next Big Alternative to Meat?

Is Seaweed the Next Big Alternative to Meat?

Smithsonian Magazine — When vertebrates first heaved themselves out of the sea some 390 million years ago, terrestrial life was good: the atmosphere was rich with oxygen, and competition for food was virtually nonexistent. The coast was clear. In 2022, life on land is rockier.
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Essential Things You Need to Know for Your First Trip to India

Essential Things You Need to Know for Your First Trip to India

Travel Channel — Lay the foundation for the adventure of a lifetime with these insider tips.
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The Parenting Choice My Doctors Won't Let Me Make

The Parenting Choice My Doctors Won't Let Me Make

Redbook — What happens when a healthy young woman wants to prevent herself from becoming pregnant - permanently? For Lauren Oster, the only thing that stood in her way of getting sterilized was a string of unwilling ob/gyns. This is what it felt like to not get the medical care she wanted.
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My Life in Libraries | Read It Forward

My Life in Libraries | Read It Forward

readitforward.com — In San Francisco, I met a man whose local library nearly killed him. "It was Don Quixote ," he told me. "I borrowed a copy after a boy who came down with diphtheria turned it in, and I got sick. We ended up in beds right next to each other at the hospital, and we talked about it."
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Eco-Conscious New Orleans Swamp Tours

Eco-Conscious New Orleans Swamp Tours

Travel Channel — Get an intimate look at Louisiana's coastal wetlands and their one-of-a-kind array of flora and fauna with eco-minded operators.
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Recreating the Banana Breakfast from 'Gravity's Rainbow' Is a Terrible Idea

Recreating the Banana Breakfast from 'Gravity's Rainbow' Is a Terrible Idea

Extra Crispy — After some soul-searching, I concluded that the only way past my Gravity's Rainbow reader’s block (which my English degree nagged at me to Kool-Aid-Man through) was a pilgrimage. I’d imagine that weird breakfast into reality, pausing to give each potassium-rich moment its due, and then continue: Onward! Upward! So I conferred with some folks about bananas.
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How to Make a Kantha-Inspired Table Runner

How to Make a Kantha-Inspired Table Runner

HGTV — Create a showstopping modern heirloom with scrap fabric, two simple stitches and zero machines or complicated techniques.
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My Life in Bookstores | Read It Forward

My Life in Bookstores | Read It Forward

readitforward.com — The Waldenbooks at Laguna Hills Mall was about two and a half rolling suburban miles from my house, a no-sweat bike ride for an eight-year-old who needed to read The Truth About Stacey as soon as possible. Like The Baby-Sitters Club's authors (and Stacey herself-her truth was diabetes), I maintained a schedule, one that didn't always overlap with my mother's errands.
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Spooky Books to Read Under the Sheets

Spooky Books to Read Under the Sheets

Travel Channel — Keep the Halloween spirit going all year long with these spine-tingling tales.
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I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: A Day in the Life of Photography

I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: A Day in the Life of Photography

www.torranceartmuseum.com — Second Sight’s contributors survey the terrain between Moore’s rhetorical battleground and #ArtSelfies that struggle to pronounce more than their own names; they then break camp and resettle in foreign territory. In the angles and distances between their approaches to photography, we approach a new map of the medium.
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The Road Trip That Changed My Life

The Road Trip That Changed My Life

Redbook — On a gray morning one spring a text message from my husband, Joe, bloomed on my smartphone: Hey, could you call me when you have a minute? A moment later: Don't worry. Don't worry: Has a phrase ever defeated its purpose so neatly?
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How to Make Quilted Wall Art

How to Make Quilted Wall Art

HGTV — Fair warning: This ultra-easy, old-school sewing project will change the way you think about leftover fabric (and quilting) forever. Once you get the hang of the technique, you can turn anything into pro-level, utterly modern art.
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Paint It Black: The Glory of Dark Interiors

Paint It Black: The Glory of Dark Interiors

HGTV — As Mick Jagger first sang back in 1966, he sees a red door and he wants it ... you know the rest. I believe we should ignore the metaphor and take him literally.
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