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January 28, 2018

Where do Books Come From?

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January 1, 2018

December 16, 2017

The Best Little Bookshops

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December 1, 2017

Winter LitBits 2017

Year-end is a time of holiday celebration. It’s also a time of taking stock, of looking Janus-like at what has transpired and what is yet to come. A time of resolutions and reaffirmations, and stoking the mind and heart with new, unimagined thoughts. NEWS FROM THE WORLD The Refuge of Books As Turkey’s political situation […]


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Published on December 01, 2017 11:39

November 1, 2017

Books of the Dead

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October 16, 2017

Where Books Go To Die

 


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October 3, 2017

Fall LitBits 2017

Fall is prize season, with awards tumbling down like apples from orchard trees. Many bookish folk fashion their winter reading lists from the finalists, thinking to broaden their reading reach. But what if the prizes themselves create enclaves into which only certain writers are allowed? NEWS FROM THE WORLD Sidling Up to the Age Bar […]


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Published on October 03, 2017 09:35

September 16, 2017

A Brand New Breed (of Books)

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August 15, 2017

Books on the Run

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July 31, 2017

LitBits #4 2017

When I was a girl, these dog days of summer were for lying on the grass, drinking in books like water. Summer still spells reading for me—as do the brisk days of autumn, the warm hearth of winter, the first bright days of spring. Here are a few cullings from my summer bookworld. NEWS FROM THE WORLD […]


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Published on July 31, 2017 11:33