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10 Specialty Bookstores That Are Definitely Worth a Visit

10 Specialty Bookstores That Are Definitely Worth a Visit

Particularly If You Like Magic or the Ocean or Romance (And Who Doesn't)

By Emily Temple | February 12, 2019

The Challenge of Book-Tour Travel as a Non-Binary Author

The Challenge of Book-Tour Travel as a Non-Binary Author

Sandy Allen on the Endless Process of Coming Out

By Sandy Ernest Allen | February 12, 2019

The Bookstore Recommends: 10 Great Small Press Books You Should Read

The Bookstore Recommends: 10 Great Small Press Books You Should Read

Favorites from Philadelphia's Joseph Fox Bookstore

By Literary Hub | February 7, 2019

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

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

By Steve Edwards | January 3, 2019

The Day the Llamas Came to the Bookstore

By James Tate Hill | December 17, 2018

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

By Kristen Arnett | December 5, 2018

How to Spend a Literary Long Weekend in Edinburgh

How to Spend a Literary Long Weekend in Edinburgh

From Whiskey to Cemeteries to the Birthplace of Harry Potter

By Dana Givens | November 30, 2018

The Power of a Smalltown Bookstore: At Point Reyes Books

The Power of a Smalltown Bookstore: At Point Reyes Books

Molly Parent and Stephen Sparks on Utopias, Dystopias, and Life at the Fault Line

By Interview with a Bookstore | November 29, 2018

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

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

Kristen Arnett Has Learned Patience (and Some Other Things)

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

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