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The Defense Department wants to ban hundreds of books. Here are the weirdest titles.

The Defense Department wants to ban hundreds of books. Here are the weirdest titles.

By Brittany Allen | July 16, 2025

Here's what's making us happy <em> this </em> week.

Here's what's making us happy this week.

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Why architecture is like literature: On the Shanghai city block that went for a walk.

Why architecture is like literature: On the Shanghai city block that went for a walk.

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Is winter finally coming for A Song of Ice and Fire fans?

By Brittany Allen | July 8, 2025

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Dancing with Frank O’Hara: How Lunch Dances Breaks the Library’s Sacred Silence

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Two San Francisco bookstores are taking Harry Potter off the shelves.

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Dad Books: a flowchart.

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David Means has won the PEN/Faulkner Foundation's short story prize.

David Means has won the PEN/Faulkner Foundation's short story prize.

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New Yorkers can meet the Moomins at a new exhibit. (And for everyone else, here's a sneak preview.)

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