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All these years later, the books on my nightstand are highlighted, annotated and dog-eared.

When they first came to the island, Chicken chose a dog-eared copy of Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls.

For you, maybe that translates into a bargain bin or a giveaway pile; wherever you can find books that are weathered, dog-eared and inscribed to someone else.

The ones that aren’t so nice to look at, like dog-eared paperbacks, are stored in the cabinets.

Under President Biden’s Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, the first Native American to hold the post, the bureau’s dog-eared script has acquired a few edits.