Spellbound

Spelling Champ on This Year’s Bee

It’s one of the most closely watched competitions in America. It’s featured on ESPN and has been the subject of countless films, novels, and TV specials. It attracts hundreds of fierce competitors from around the world, but for most, it ends in tears and defeat. This is, of course, the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The […]

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Japanese novelist inspires fervent following

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