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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# vim:fileencoding=utf-8
+
+from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
+
+
+class TheMITPressReader(BasicNewsRecipe):
+    title = "The MIT Press Reader"
+    __author__ = 'yodha8'
+    language = 'en'
+    description = ("Thought-provoking excerpts, interviews and essays backed by academic rigor written by MIT Press authors."
+                   " This recipe pulls articles from the past 7 days.")
+    oldest_article = 7
+    max_articles_per_feed = 100
+    auto_cleanup = True
+
+    feeds = [
+        ('The MIT Press Reader', 'https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/feed/'),
+    ]