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On the Irresistible Pull of Tidal Metaphors

On the Irresistible Pull of Tidal Metaphors

The Language of Love and Death Deep Beneath the Sea

By Hugh Aldersey-Williams | September 20, 2016

The Reading Series That Wants Writers to Feel like Rock Stars

The Reading Series That Wants Writers to Feel like Rock Stars

Vermin on the Mount Does Things a Little Differently

By Siel Ju | September 19, 2016

Interview with a Bookstore: Tin Can Mailman

Interview with a Bookstore: Tin Can Mailman

From the South Seas to the Northern California

By Interview with a Bookstore | September 19, 2016

Titles for the Times: Ten Books On Race, Police, and Black Lives Matter

Titles for the Times: Ten Books On Race, Police, and Black Lives Matter

Angela Davis, John McWhorter, Clarence Lusane, and More

By Zoey Cole | September 16, 2016

The Radical Bookseller: Saying Yes (and No) to Books I Disagree With

The Radical Bookseller: Saying Yes (and No) to Books I Disagree With

Lucy Kogler on the Creeping Acceptance of Animal Domination

By Lucy Kogler | September 16, 2016

On Air Travel: Pat-Downs, Pissing, and Passport Stamps

On Air Travel: Pat-Downs, Pissing, and Passport Stamps

Three Short Essays from the anthology Airplane Reading

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Introducing: Bookselling in the 21st Century

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A New Series about the State of the Independent Bookstore

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Affinity Konar in Poland, Revisiting the Hardest Scenes from Her Novel

Affinity Konar in Poland, Revisiting the Hardest Scenes from Her Novel

From Krakow to Auschwitz, and Letting Go of Characters

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One of the Greatest English Prose Writers of All Time?

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Kate Beaton Applies Her Graphic Genius to the Tyranny of Babies

Kate Beaton Applies Her Graphic Genius to the Tyranny of Babies

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How My Grandmother's Cookbook Made Me a Writer

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Bouchercon: Five Events to See This Week in New Orleans

Bouchercon: Five Events to See This Week in New Orleans

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