A Virginia public library is fighting off a takeover by private equity.

A Virginia public library is fighting off a takeover by private equity.

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How I Survived the Toxic Cult of <em>America’s Next Top Model</em>

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What a 1964 Book About American Anti-Intellectualism Can Teach Us About the Trump Era

What a 1964 Book About American Anti-Intellectualism Can Teach Us About the Trump Era

Peter Balakian on Richard Hofstadter and the Current Assault on Academia

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Surprisingly, the Supreme Court did a good thing for libraries this term.

Surprisingly, the Supreme Court did a good thing for libraries this term.

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Fed up with big legacy news? Here are 13 independent, worker-owned outlets to support.

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Is winter finally coming for <em> A Song of Ice and Fire </em> fans?

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

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Clarence A. Haynes on Finding the Soundscape of Your Novel

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