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What We’re Reading

At the close of each month, we ask members of our ASF staff to share books that have recently graduated from their to-be-read piles, along with a GIF that relates to their experience of the book, in whatever way.

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This morning, we learned the sad news that Seamus Heaney had passed away. So we took North off our shelves and stepped into the embrace of his words.

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