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Kristen Arnett: Am I a Librarian or a Writer?

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

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

Interview with a Bookstore: When the Mayor is Also a Bookseller

Interview with a Bookstore: When the Mayor is Also a Bookseller

How Harrisburg's Midtown Scholar Bookstore is a De Facto Town Hall

By Interview with a Bookstore | January 9, 2019

On the Experience of Entering a Bookstore in Your Forties (vs. Your Twenties)

On the Experience of Entering a Bookstore in Your Forties (vs. Your Twenties)

Steve Edwards on the Meaning of Books as You Grow Older

By Steve Edwards | January 3, 2019

The Day the Llamas Came to the Bookstore

The Day the Llamas Came to the Bookstore

A Little Bit of Wildlife at Greensboro's Scuppernong Books

By James Tate Hill | December 17, 2018

An Incomplete List of the Non-Book Things You Can Get at the Library

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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How to Spend a Literary Long Weekend in Edinburgh

By Dana Givens | November 30, 2018

The Power of a Smalltown Bookstore: At Point Reyes Books

By Interview with a Bookstore | November 29, 2018

For the Virtues I Have Acquired as a Librarian, I Am Truly Thankful

By Kristen Arnett | November 21, 2018

What One Person Can Do to Get People Reading

What One Person Can Do to Get People Reading

The Story of Alvin Irby and Barbershop Books

By Matt Grant | November 16, 2018

What Happens When You

What Happens When You "Accidentally" Destroy a Library Book?

Please Don't Use Pizza as a Bookmark. That's Bad.

By Kristen Arnett | November 7, 2018

20 Terrible Tales of True Horror From the Library

20 Terrible Tales of True Horror From the Library

Kristen Arnett Has Seen Some Some Sh*t

By Kristen Arnett | October 24, 2018

Maybe All Bankers' Mansions Should Become Libraries?

Maybe All Bankers' Mansions Should Become Libraries?

A Look Inside the Historic Morgan Library & Museum

By Judith Gura and Kate Wood | October 18, 2018

How to Spend a Literary Long Weekend in Atlanta

How to Spend a Literary Long Weekend in Atlanta

From Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Papers to Dr. Bombay's Underwater Tea Party...

By Nneka Okona | October 12, 2018

No, I Can't Braid Your Hair: Why Librarians Need Boundaries Too

No, I Can't Braid Your Hair: Why Librarians Need Boundaries Too

Please Respect Information Professionals, and Do Not Follow Them Home

By Kristen Arnett | October 10, 2018

Remembering Inge Feltrinelli

Remembering Inge Feltrinelli

Richard Ford, Judith Thurman, Morgan Entrekin, and More, on a Publishing Legend

By Literary Hub | October 5, 2018

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