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I Want to Put a Dozen Blurbs on My Book: Am I the Literary Asshole?
Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior
By
Kristen Arnett
| May 16, 2024
I Don’t Want to Talk to My Coworker About Their Stupid Writing: Am I the Literary Asshole?
Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior
By
Kristen Arnett
| May 2, 2024
My “Friend” Keeps Sending Me Their Writing and I Need It To Stop: Am I the Literary Asshole?
Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior
By
Kristen Arnett
| April 18, 2024
I Really Like Reading Bad Reviews of My Nemesis: Am I the Literary Asshole?
Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Literary Behavior
By
Kristen Arnett
| April 4, 2024
Am I the Literary Asshole? When to Mute Your Friend on the Internet
Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior
By
Kristen Arnett
| March 21, 2024
Am I the Literary Asshole: Do You Have to Finish a Book to Blurb It?
Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About (Very) Bad Literary Behavior
By
Kristen Arnett
| March 7, 2024
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Am I the Literary Assh*le? In Which Everyone Talks Sh*t About Everyone Else
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Kristen Arnett
| February 22, 2024
Am I the Literary Assh*le? To Blurb, To Follow, To Ghost (Or Not to Ghost)?
By
Kristen Arnett
| February 8, 2024
Am I the Literary Assh*le? Judging Your Bad Bookish Behavior
By
Kristen Arnett
| January 25, 2024
Kristen Arnett on Discovering the Shape of a Book
"It morphs as it builds. It refuses to hold still."
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Kristen Arnett
| June 4, 2021
Kristen Arnett's Lifehacks: How to Get to Inbox Zero
Trust a Librarian to Get Your Digital House in Order
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Kristen Arnett
| March 20, 2019
It's Time We Talk About Librarians and Money
Kristen Arnett on Working Long Hours for Low Pay
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Kristen Arnett
| March 6, 2019
Kristen Arnett: We Need to Talk About Library Junk
Thousands of Librarians, Millions of Useless Old Objects
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Kristen Arnett
| February 13, 2019
Kristen Arnett: Am I a Librarian or a Writer?
Ed. Note: The Word 'Wribrarian' May Have Appeared in Drafts of This Column
By
Kristen Arnett
| January 23, 2019
Kristen Arnett: A Librarian's Resolutions for the New Year
Basically, You Gotta Be Able to Joke About the Bad Stuff
By
Kristen Arnett
| January 9, 2019
An Incomplete List of the Non-Book Things You Can Get at the Library
It's Basically Everything Except Kristen Arnett's Toothbrush
By
Kristen Arnett
| December 5, 2018
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