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The book-banning lawsuit against Barnes & Noble is moving forward in Virginia.

The book-banning lawsuit against Barnes & Noble is moving forward in Virginia.

By Corinne Segal | August 25, 2022

A Texas woman went to the cops about an actual library book.

A Texas woman went to the cops about an actual library book.

By Jonny Diamond | August 24, 2022

Finding Healing at Paris’s Shakespeare and Company

Finding Healing at Paris’s Shakespeare and Company

Natasha Sizlo on Realizing She Needed to Write

By Natasha Sizlo | August 19, 2022

Famous writers will “Stand with Salman Rushdie” on the steps of the NYPL this Friday.

Famous writers will “Stand with Salman Rushdie” on the steps of the NYPL this Friday.

By Jonny Diamond | August 17, 2022

A school librarian is suing the right-wing

A school librarian is suing the right-wing "activists" who defamed and harassed her.

By Dan Sheehan | August 16, 2022

Shelf Talkers: What the Booksellers Are Reading at White Whale Bookstore

Shelf Talkers: What the Booksellers Are Reading at White Whale Bookstore

Staff Favorites From Pittsburgh’s White Whale

By Literary Hub | August 15, 2022

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There are 28 new Little Free Libraries in New York City.

By Corinne Segal | August 11, 2022

Reminder: Books are actually good and make people feel better.

By Jonny Diamond | August 9, 2022

Residents of the Michigan town that defunded its library are rallying to keep it open.

By Corinne Segal | August 9, 2022

Flood-affected bookstores in St. Louis and Kentucky need your help.

Flood-affected bookstores in St. Louis and Kentucky need your help.

By Dan Sheehan | August 8, 2022

Tarek Abi Samra on Stealing Kant From a Bookstore

Tarek Abi Samra on Stealing Kant From a Bookstore

“It appealed to me because it was the perfect encapsulation of an image of myself I was consciously trying to fashion.”

By Tarek Abi Samra, translated by Lina Mounzer | August 8, 2022

Residents of a Michigan town defunded their library after it refused to remove LGBTQ books.

Residents of a Michigan town defunded their library after it refused to remove LGBTQ books.

By Corinne Segal | August 4, 2022

Nancy Pelosi to meet with a Hong Kong bookseller in Taiwan visit.

Nancy Pelosi to meet with a Hong Kong bookseller in Taiwan visit.

By Jonny Diamond | August 3, 2022

Meet-Cute: Susan Coll on Falling In Love with (and at) a Bookstore

Meet-Cute: Susan Coll on Falling In Love with (and at) a Bookstore

And They All Lived Happily Ever After

By Susan Coll | August 3, 2022

If You Want to Ruin Bookstores for Yourself, Become a Writer

If You Want to Ruin Bookstores for Yourself, Become a Writer

Jana Casale on Browsing Bookstores Before AND AFTER Debuting as a Novelist

By Jana Casale | August 3, 2022

A Love Letter to (Perpetually Underfunded, Gloriously Democratic) Public Libraries

A Love Letter to (Perpetually Underfunded, Gloriously Democratic) Public Libraries

Michele Herman: “Libraries so clearly help to make good citizens, are so clearly a municipal force for the common good.”

By Michele Herman | July 21, 2022

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