This Week in Indie Bookstores
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...moreZakiya Dalila Harris discusses her debut novel, THE OTHER BLACK GIRL.
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...moreFor Little Dog, putting language to memory becomes a way to survive.
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...moreMulcahy’s Possum is, like the animal titularly referred to, a sly and imaginative affair…
...moreBookstores are getting more political because of Trump. And as it turns out, getting political is pretty good for business. Facebook deleted and then restored an Oak Park, Michigan bookstore’s page over a stray copyright claim.
...moreI tried to forget again that I once meant to leave, that on a few occasions I had actually felt transported by love.
...more“But what are the statistics? Aren’t you taking a similar risk just driving?” Wide-eyed, attentive, he leans forward slightly.
...moreA state run bookstore in Shanghai is ripping out pages from Webster’s Dictionary that include a reference to Taiwan. The Dallas Morning News checks in with Deep Vellum Books, the bookstore offshoot of Deep Vellum Publishing that owner Will Evans sought a business partner to keep going. Local news in Madison, Connecticut goes inside twenty-six-year-old […]
...moreEverywhere there is sterling musicianship, of the original, unexpected sort.
...moreIn the first step of what will undoubtedly be the robot uprising, two robots will be joining the staff of the Westport, Connecticut library. The robots will primarily assist in teaching coding, but they’re also programmed to recognize faces, practice tai chi, and kick soccer balls. The Wall Street Journal has the full story.
...moreThe distinct quietness of Wallace Stevens’s life—modernist, insurance salesman, writer of The Emperor of Ice Cream—is almost as famous as his poetry. Now! His 1920s Colonial home is for sale in Hartford, CT. If you’re looking for a spacious new house to raise a family in, or have a vested interest in historical preservation, maybe you […]
...moreThe New York Comics & Picture-Story Symposium is a weekly forum for discussing the tradition and future of text/image work. Open to the public, it meets Tuesday nights from 7-9 p.m. EST in New York City.
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