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“The Data Shows We’re Never Truly Alone.” What Our Online Searches Say About Loss

Simon Rogers Considers Our Tendency to Find Solace In Anonymous Googling

By Simon Rogers | May 8, 2026

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Who wants a $32,000 copy of Runaway Bunny ?

Field notes from a visit to the Antiquarian Book Fair.

By Brittany Allen | May 1, 2026

What can we expect from Tim Heidecker’s <em>InfoWars</em>?

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Honoré de Balzac’s Greatest Fear? Being Photographed

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It’s Getting Harder to Spot AI in Contemporary Publishing. And That’s Very, Very Bad.

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On the Global Conspiracy to Make Childcare More Expensive

On the Global Conspiracy to Make Childcare More Expensive

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Is JD Vance stealing his book titles from bell hooks?

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Dear Harlequin: Nobody Asked For Your Weird, New AI Video “Microdramas”

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Maris Kreizman Wonders What the Hell We’re Even Doing Here

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