Hong Kong neck-and-neck with Florida in bookbanning competition.

Hong Kong neck-and-neck with Florida in bookbanning competition.

By Jonny Diamond | May 18, 2023

Why a Small-Town Record Store in Rural Pennsylvania Was My First Library

Why a Small-Town Record Store in Rural Pennsylvania Was My First Library

Jolene McIlwain on Rural America, Songwriting, and Oral Storytelling

By Jolene McIlwain | May 18, 2023

Kelly McMasters on Starting a Bookstore to Save Her Marriage

Kelly McMasters on Starting a Bookstore to Save Her Marriage

“And so, I kept pumping the bellows, trying to keep the fire between us burning.”

By Kelly McMasters | May 9, 2023

Chinese man builds bookstore on a mountaintop. Yes, he’s a poet.

Chinese man builds bookstore on a mountaintop. Yes, he’s a poet.

By Jonny Diamond | May 8, 2023

Meet the owners of the newest bookstore in Brooklyn.

Meet the owners of the newest bookstore in Brooklyn.

By Emily Firetog | May 8, 2023

Libraries and Loss: How Our Books (Don’t) Travel With Us

Libraries and Loss: How Our Books (Don’t) Travel With Us

Nasser Al-Dhafiri on Building and Rebuilding His Personal Library

By Nasser Al-Dhafiri and Nashwa Nasreldin | May 8, 2023

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This Alaska bookstore in Sarah Palin’s hometown isn’t backing down about its drag story time.

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If he were alive today, would former librarian Mao Zedong be a men’s rights YouTube star?

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Moronic anti-LGBTQ bullies kicked out of Barnes and Noble.

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The Reader is the Only Place That Matters: On the Metaphysical Space Within Literature

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Former Prison Librarian Blair Austin Wonders Where We Go When We Read

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Heroic DC library staff trolls all-star conservative story hour with LGBTQ display.

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Readings and Conversation with the NBF 2022 5 Under 35 Honorees

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Just the Right Book: What We’re Excited About This Week

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The FBI is spying on a Chicago bookstore because it’s hosting “extremists.”

The FBI is spying on a Chicago bookstore because it’s hosting “extremists.”

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In a surprise to no one, Gen Z prefers printed books over e-books.

In a surprise to no one, Gen Z prefers printed books over e-books.

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