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American Literature is a History of the Nation’s Libraries

American Literature is a History of the Nation’s Libraries

Ilan Stavans on One of Democracy’s Bedrock Institutions

By Ilan Stavans | February 16, 2022

You can’t steal from a little free library, but can you censor it?

You can’t steal from a little free library, but can you censor it?

By Jonny Diamond | February 11, 2022

Take a look at this gorgeous, see-through “book house.”

Take a look at this gorgeous, see-through “book house.”

By Walker Caplan | February 10, 2022

The beloved Gaza bookstore destroyed by an Israeli airstrike will open again next week.

The beloved Gaza bookstore destroyed by an Israeli airstrike will open again next week.

By Walker Caplan | February 7, 2022

We Need to Radically Rethink the Library of Congress Classification

We Need to Radically Rethink the Library of Congress Classification

Claire Woodcock on the Search for a More Democratic Way of Organizing Knowledge

By Claire Woodcock | February 2, 2022

A Personal Catalogue of the World’s Most Storied Bookstores

A Personal Catalogue of the World’s Most Storied Bookstores

Kerri Maher on the Shops That Comprise Her Writing DNA, from Marcus Bookstore to The Strand

By Kerri Maher | January 12, 2022

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A Glimpse Inside the World’s Most Beautiful Libraries

By Georg Ruppelt | January 10, 2022

Can Bookcore please be 2022’s hottest new look?

By Jonny Diamond | January 7, 2022

Politics and Prose is now the first unionized bookstore in Washington, D.C.

By Walker Caplan | January 4, 2022

Here are the New York Public Library’s most borrowed books of the year.

Here are the New York Public Library’s most borrowed books of the year.

By Walker Caplan | December 23, 2021

WATCH: Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Hausdoerffer, and Gavin Van Horn on Our Kinship With the Living World

WATCH: Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Hausdoerffer, and Gavin Van Horn on Our Kinship With the Living World

In partnership with Point Reyes Books and the Center for Humans and Nature

By The Virtual Book Channel | December 22, 2021

Politics and Prose employees moved to unionize—then the store owners hired an anti-union law firm.

Politics and Prose employees moved to unionize—then the store owners hired an anti-union law firm.

By Walker Caplan | December 17, 2021

Inside Yu and Me Books, Manhattan's first Asian American woman-owned bookstore/café.

Inside Yu and Me Books, Manhattan's first Asian American woman-owned bookstore/café.

By Katie Yee | December 16, 2021

Brontë fans’ push to save a rare library has worked—with help from Britain’s richest man.

Brontë fans’ push to save a rare library has worked—with help from Britain’s richest man.

By Walker Caplan | December 16, 2021

A Visit to Rüstem’s Bookshop, Cyprus’s Historic Bookstore-Café

A Visit to Rüstem’s Bookshop, Cyprus’s Historic Bookstore-Café

On the History of an Important Cultural Center

By Harrison Blackman | December 16, 2021

Area library receives anonymous confession of theft and $500 in restitution.

Area library receives anonymous confession of theft and $500 in restitution.

By Jonny Diamond | December 15, 2021

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