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Ian MacAllen
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Notable NYC: 7/23–7/29
Monday 7/25: Jessica Winters discusses Break in Case of Emergency with Ed Park. Pier 1 Brooklyn Bridge Park, 7 p.m., free. Susan Daitch discusses The Lost Civilization of Solucidir with Emily Barton. McNally Jackson Books, 7 p.m., free. Jennifer Close…
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This Week in Indie Bookstores
If you want to work at The Strand, you first have to pass a literature test. But don’t worry, if you’re among the dozens of applicants that fail, you still can play Pokémon. Glad Day Bookshop, the oldest bookstore in Toronto,…
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Notable NYC: 7/16–7/22
Monday 7/18: Elisha Cooper presents Falling: A Daughter, a Father, and a Journey Back, in conversation with Leslie Jamison. Greenlight Bookstore, 7:30 p.m., free. Delia Ephron and Oliver Burkeman discuss Siracusa, Ephron’s new novel. BookCourt, 7 p.m., free. Tuesday 7/19:…
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This Week in Indie Bookstores
Texas book publisher Deep Vellum Books has found a partner to keep the publisher’s bookstore operational and now plans a grand opening for the store, a year after soft opening. The Lit Bar will become Bronx, New York’s first independent…
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Notable NYC: 7/9–7/15
Sunday 7/10: David Tomas Martinez, Sassafras Lowrey, and Kendra Eash join The Hustle, a series about habits of writers supporting their work. WORD Brooklyn, 2 p.m., free. Christine Reilly, Jenna Carindale, Derick Dupre, and Joseph Ponce join Sunday’s at Erv’s,…
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Philando Castile: A Rumpus Roundup
On Wednesday evening, police shot and killed St. Paul Minnesota resident Philando Castile after stopping him for a broken tail light. More than five hundred police shootings have occurred so far this year, and Alton Sterling’s Philando Castile’s death might…
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Alton Sterling: A Rumpus Roundup
If the regular mass shootings have been the distraction you needed to forget about America’s ongoing police violence, Baton Rouge, Louisiana would like to remind everyone that, too, is still a problem. On Monday evening, police shot and killed 37-year-old Alton…
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This Week in Indie Bookstores
The project to bring a second bookstore to Queens, New York has met its Kickstarter goal. The borough of 2.2 million people was down to a single bookstore, Astoria Bookshop, after a Forest Hills Barnes & Noble closed. Bangkok has…
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Notable NYC: 7/2–7/8
Monday 7/4: Macy’s launches fireworks in the East River. East River, 8 p.m., free. Tuesday 7/5: Patrick Flanery and Charlotte Rogan discuss Flanery’s new book I Am No One. BookCourt, 7 p.m., free. Wednesday 7/6: Jesse Ball talks with Isaac…
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Notable NYC: 6/25–7/1
Monday 6/27: Meg Guroff reads from The Mechanical Horse, an examination of the bicycle’s impact on american life. Guroff is joined by Mark Crispin Miller to discuss the book. McNally Jackson Books, 7 p.m., free. Emma Cline presents The Girls.…
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Does Online Reading Harm Writing Ability?
Reading online content exclusively can harm writing skills, a new study has found. GalleyCat reports that a study of MBA students looked at their reading habits and found those with higher writing scores regularly read academic journals rather than focusing…
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This Week in Indie Bookstores
One of the missing Hong Kong booksellers has been returned, and gave a speech warning about the power of China’s central government and the waning independence of Hong Kong. Tiny, the cat that lives in Brooklyn’s Community Bookstore, had a…