TODAY: In 1944, writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry dies.
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- Corporate consulting through sci-fi narratives: Why Ari Popper pairs speculative fiction writers with companies like Visa and Pepsi. | The New Yorker
- “Once over the threshold, fictional houses have us in their spell.” On the real buildings that inspired houses in the novels of Charlotte Brontë, EM Forster, and Jane Austen. | The Guardian
- Becky Anderson, co-owner of Illinois independent bookstore Anderson’s Bookshop, has announced that she’s running for Congress. | Publishers Weekly
- “I have become willing to see myself as an immigrant writer, but it has made me less tolerant.” Akil Sharma explains how Trump’s presidency has caused him to embrace an identity he once rejected. | The Washington Post
- “What can I do to put a spin on this traditional bookstore model to be a more sustainable business?” Speaking with Noelle Santos about her plan to bring a bring a bookstore to the Bronx. | NPR
- A new Stephanie Meyer adaptation is coming to Starz—with or without a “nonstop barrage of hot, sexy vampires.” | Vulture
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