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Refresh Rewind: World Travelers

By The Refresh Editors  There is nothing like a good getaway. Whether you’re returning to a place that has significance for you or taking a voyage to a never-before-experienced-by-you destination, taking a trip can put you in a different state of mind and supply you with memories that last longer than that souvenir that will eventually get misplaced. We are constantly amazed by our writers and photographers at The Refresh, who chronicle their voyages around the globe and tell us…

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Refresh Rewind: Spring Reading

by The Refresh Editors We had a reluctant spring here in the Northeastern US. Rain and even snow tested the patience of our delicate spring flowers and we doubted the season would ever arrive. But temperatures finally rose, cherry blossoms bloomed and (most of the time) we’re enjoying the kind of weather that makes us want to crack open a window or sit under a tree while reading a good book. Luckily for us (and for you!), writers at The Refresh…

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Holiday treats: Authors share their faves

by: The Refresh Editors It’s that time of year when you might be looking for gifts for your literary friends or excellent material to read or watch in front of a real or imagined fireplace. Well, reader (or listener or viewer), our community of talented writers are here with suggestions for you. We asked the authors who participated in our Author to Author interview series to give us a recommendation for someone else’s book that they love and a recommendation…

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Author to Author: Teddy Minford and Jen Rose Smith

Jen Rose Smith and Teddy Minford have both published books to some of summer’s most classic destinations. Jen Rose Smith is the author of Moon’s Vermont guidebook (released May 21, 2019) and Teddy Minford is the author of Beachy Weekend Getaways from New York: Short Breaks in the Hamptons, Long Island, and the Jersey Shore (released June 11, 2019). The two writers sat down to talk about travel, summer, and what it’s like to write a guidebook. Jen Rose Smith:…

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Author to Author: Judith Sara Gelt and Julie Zuckerman

Both Judith Sara Gelt’s memoir, Reckless Steps Towards Sanity, and Julie Zuckerman’s novel-in-stories, The Book of Jeremiah, deal with Jewish families, and both are being published by small presses, but nearly everything else – the way they began writing, and particularly their paths to publication – were vastly different. They found plenty to talk about, though, and their conversation went on for about five times longer than we have space! Judith: How did you begin writing? Do you have an…

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