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The Staff Shelf: Square Books

The Staff Shelf: Square Books

What are booksellers reading?

By Interview with a Bookstore | August 18, 2015

Angels in Disguise at Shakespeare and Company

Angels in Disguise at Shakespeare and Company

In Praise of George Whitman, Mad Saint of Bookstores

By Adrian Hornsby | August 17, 2015

Interview with a Bookstore: Square Books

Interview with a Bookstore: Square Books

Selling Books in Faulkner's Hometown

By Interview with a Bookstore | August 17, 2015

Happy Birthday, Gary Larson:  A <em>Far Side</em> Appreciation

Happy Birthday, Gary Larson: A Far Side Appreciation

Weiner Dogs, Smoking Dinosaurs, and Other Deep Truths

By Jonathan Russell Clark | August 14, 2015

Ta-Nehisi Coates's

Ta-Nehisi Coates's "Between the World and Me" in 10 Quotations

Tell Don't Show: Race is the Child of Racism

By Oscar Van Gelderen | August 14, 2015

Literary Long Weekend: Washington, DC

Literary Long Weekend: Washington, DC

A Paradise of Bookstores and Food

By Hannah Depp | August 14, 2015

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Stations
  • West of Loveland
  • Castles: A Fortified History of the World
  • Sweet Pea
  • The Pen: A Human History
  • Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It?
  • Gloria Don't Speak
  • The Heights
  • The King Under the Mountain: In Search of J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Just a Shot Away: Martin Scorsese's Life in Film

Memorializing the Unknown Dead

By Wendy S. Walters | August 12, 2015

Request: Permission To Occupy Your Body

By Roger Reeves | August 11, 2015

Other Outrages, Other Deaths

By Rion Amilcar Scott | August 11, 2015

How Do You Write From a Country That Doesn’t Exist?

How Do You Write From a Country That Doesn’t Exist?

After Michael Brown: Danielle Evans

By Danielle Evans | August 11, 2015

From Within the Dark-Blood Depths

From Within the Dark-Blood Depths

After Michael Brown: Rachel Eliza Griffiths

By Rachel Eliza Griffiths | August 11, 2015

Young Black Writers: After Michael Brown

Young Black Writers: After Michael Brown

Reflections on One Year of #BlackLivesMatter

By Zinzi Clemmons | August 11, 2015

Rachel. Trayvon. Michael. Dying. Laughing. A. Fiction.

Rachel. Trayvon. Michael. Dying. Laughing. A. Fiction.

After Michael Brown: Kiese Laymon

By Kiese Laymon | August 11, 2015

A Brief History of the Present

A Brief History of the Present

After Michael Brown: Morgan Parker

By Morgan Parker | August 11, 2015

I want to not have to write another word about who the cops keep killing

I want to not have to write another word about who the cops keep killing

After Michael Brown: Khadija Queen

By Khadijah Queen | August 11, 2015

Am I a Reliable Witness to My Own Life?

Am I a Reliable Witness to My Own Life?

After Michael Brown: Sarah Labrie

By Sarah LaBrie | August 11, 2015

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