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Area man hangs on to dream, reopens bookstore after 25 years.

Area man hangs on to dream, reopens bookstore after 25 years.

By Jonny Diamond | July 28, 2021

Son carries on family tradition of looking kind of like Ernest Hemingway.

Son carries on family tradition of looking kind of like Ernest Hemingway.

By Jonny Diamond | July 26, 2021

Area woman reads over 150 books… a month!?

Area woman reads over 150 books… a month!?

By Jonny Diamond | July 12, 2021

What parents and teachers are getting wrong about childhood reading preferences.

What parents and teachers are getting wrong about childhood reading preferences.

By Jonny Diamond | July 8, 2021

Highlights (and lowlights) from Lucy Ellmann’s bizarre Twitter “essay” about crap.

Highlights (and lowlights) from Lucy Ellmann’s bizarre Twitter “essay” about crap.

By Jonny Diamond | July 6, 2021

Stop calling JD Vance an “author”—he’s a corporatist grifter.

Stop calling JD Vance an “author”—he’s a corporatist grifter.

By Jonny Diamond | July 2, 2021

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On the destruction by fire of the greatest library in the world you’ve never heard of.

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Lessons of a self-published writer: independent bookstores are good, Amazon not so much.

Lessons of a self-published writer: independent bookstores are good, Amazon not so much.

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John Cheever and Djuna Barnes, Patron Literary Saints of Suburbia and Bohemia, Died This Day in 1982.

John Cheever and Djuna Barnes, Patron Literary Saints of Suburbia and Bohemia, Died This Day in 1982.

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Sarah Polley is adapting Miriam Toews’s <em>Women Talking</em> and the cast is perfect.

Sarah Polley is adapting Miriam Toews’s Women Talking and the cast is perfect.

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Are we entering the era of a wholly separate “conservative” publishing industry?

Are we entering the era of a wholly separate “conservative” publishing industry?

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Sub-literate congressman attempts to mock bestselling journalist, fails miserably.

Sub-literate congressman attempts to mock bestselling journalist, fails miserably.

By Jonny Diamond | June 9, 2021

Are you surprised that Stephen King doesn’t outline his plots?

Are you surprised that Stephen King doesn’t outline his plots?

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A close reading of Margaret Atwood’s sexy cicada poem.

A close reading of Margaret Atwood’s sexy cicada poem.

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