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LaToya Jordan
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Small Fates with Teju Cole
While doing research for a book set in his hometown, Lagos, Nigeria, author Teju Cole (Open City) kept coming across these incidents in the newspapers of Lagos. Known in the French as fait divers, Cole describes the stories as “an…
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Free Books: Public Bookshelves in Germany
You know those “leave a penny, take a penny” trays that are sometimes at delis, grocery stores, and as stations? It’s a small but kind gesture that can inspire a pay-it-forward mentality in people. In Germany, they’ve taken this gesture…
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Notable New York, This Week 10/10-10/16
This week in New York, the Franklin Park and Belladonna Reading Series; Margaret Atwood on science fiction; Debut Fiction Reading with Teju Cole, Anna Solomon, and Rebecca Wolff; Henry Rollins at McNally Jackson; Poets House Sleepover for Members; Flash fiction…
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Awesome Stacks
Want to know what type of books are lying around the offices of The Village Voice or Flavorpill? BuzzFeed has a great collection of the books found in various media companies. I especially liked the selection found at COED Magazine’s…
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Notable New York, This Week 10/03-10/09
This week in New York, The Big Read: Utopia/Dystopia at the Center for Fiction; Largehearted Lit presents readings on fatherhood; Michael Ondaatje reads from his new novel; the Center for Book Arts Annual Chapbook Reading; The Inspired Word’s Big Apple…
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The Library at Occupy Wall Street
“A few days ago, Betsy, a trained librarian who lives in Brooklyn, came to the protest for the first time and found a short stack of books lying on the ground where everyone was camped out. She decided to go…
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
Have you ever had a fantasy involving a sexy male librarian? Yes? Check out Men of the Stacks. Library book thief nabbed by bookseller (and former high-school wrestler). The Millions has a reading list for pessimists. The Smithsonian has a…
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The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement
Lazy Sunday? Check out what Rumpus Books has been up to this last week. Fingers Through Sweat-Curled Hair — Virginia Konchan reviews Mary Biddinger’s book of poetry, Saint Monica.
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Notable New York, This Week 9/26-10/02
This week in New York, louderARTS features poets Nina Corwin and Tara Hardy, John Lithgow on Drama at Barnes & Noble, How I Learned to Survive, Sideshow Goshko, and The New Yorker Festival.
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Sunday Afternoon Links
I thought I’d mix in some serious reading with the humorous for you: Interesting read in The Stranger on white people, Seattle, racism, and something called the Coalition of Anti-Racist Whites. The Hairpin imagines product placement in the publishing industry.…