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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

Interview With a Bookstore: Librairie Drawn & Quarterly

Interview With a Bookstore: Librairie Drawn & Quarterly

Visiting Montreal's Destination for Graphic Novels (and More)

By Interview with a Bookstore | October 2, 2018

I Am a Librarian, I Am a Tech Whisperer

I Am a Librarian, I Am a Tech Whisperer

From Disemboweling Old Printers to Explaining iPhones That Don't Yet Exist

By Kristen Arnett | September 26, 2018

Do You Really Need a Degree to Be a Librarian?

Do You Really Need a Degree to Be a Librarian?

Kristen Arnett Has Some Career Advice For You

By Kristen Arnett | September 12, 2018

18 of the World's Most Striking Libraries, Illustrated

18 of the World's Most Striking Libraries, Illustrated

From Mexico to Norway, India, and the United States

By Jane Mount | September 11, 2018

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Interview with a Bookstore: Cape Town's Book Lounge

By Literary Hub | September 11, 2018

How to Open a Bookstore in Rural Scotland

By Shaun Bythell | September 6, 2018

Every Book Tour Should Include a Public School

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | September 4, 2018

Kristen Arnett: Ain't No Party Like a Library Party

Kristen Arnett: Ain't No Party Like a Library Party

There's Something For Everyone at Your Local Library (and If There Isn't, Just Ask)

By Kristen Arnett | August 29, 2018

On Men and Grief: Dispatches from My Book Tour

On Men and Grief: Dispatches from My Book Tour

“I am just a man who lost his wife and wrote about it.”

By Jonathan Santlofer | August 24, 2018

Buddy, the Library Isn't a 7-Eleven

Buddy, the Library Isn't a 7-Eleven

A Running Tally of Items People Have Asked for at the Circulation Desk

By Kristen Arnett | August 15, 2018

The Dos and Don'ts of Supporting Your Local Library

The Dos and Don'ts of Supporting Your Local Library

For God's Sake, Do Not Recatalog a Book with Sharpie

By Kristen Arnett | August 1, 2018

Sector 2337 Wants To Challenge What a Book can Be

Sector 2337 Wants To Challenge What a Book can Be

Interview with a Bookstore: Sector 2337 + The Green Lantern Press

By Interview with a Bookstore | July 20, 2018

How Librarians Survive on the Frontlines of Fake News

How Librarians Survive on the Frontlines of Fake News

Kristen Arnett Goes in for Some Hardcore Librarianing (Sure, It's a Verb)

By Kristen Arnett | July 18, 2018

Visiting an Experimental, Do-It-Yourself Library in Brooklyn

Visiting an Experimental, Do-It-Yourself Library in Brooklyn

Dev Aujla's Sorted Library Wants to Celebrate Nonlinear Thinking

By Phillip Pantuso | July 9, 2018

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