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PublishingReadingThe ColophonWriters and Writing

The loss of Bookforum makes a tough environment for longform book criticism even tougher

December 14, 2022December 14, 2022

The loss represents another in the death of a thousand cuts that is unfolding in the arena of print journals and magazines.

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CensorshipReadingThe Colophon

Kid lit non-profit We Need Diverse Books initiates anti-censorship effort Books Save Lives

November 30, 2022November 30, 2022

The campaign includes a grant to schools as well as grassroots organizing and support for affected writers.

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Non-fictionReadingThe Colophon

Emma Smith’s Portable Magic is a conversational meander through the use and abuse of books in history

November 24, 2022November 24, 2022

Smith guides readers through almost six centuries in which the technology of the codex has remained relatively unchanged.

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ReadingThe Colophon

Despite positive sales of print books, Gallup reports Americans are reading less

January 18, 2022June 14, 2022

Where publishing is concerned, every silver lining has a big rain cloud hovering directly behind it.

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ReadingThe Horror Show

All horror is body horror: An introduction to a month of fear

October 1, 2021June 14, 2022

The genre “specifically devoted to the arousal of bodily sensation” traffics in transgression and finds pleasure in the disreputable.

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LibrariesReadingThe Colophon

Woman returns overdue library book sixty-three years later; TPL to begin phasing out overdue fines

March 17, 2021June 14, 2022

A library branch in Queens found a book in the mail with a due date of July 10, 1957.

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BooksellingReadingThe Colophon

Large, socially distanced crowd forms line to support S.W. Welch bookstore and other small businesses in Montreal’s Mile End

March 14, 2021June 14, 2022

The protest arose in opposition to what is perceived as predatory rent evictions by powerful realtors and landlords.

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PublishingReadingThe Colophon

On beginning the year with cautious optimism

January 8, 2021June 14, 2022

Notwithstanding the real challenges last year presented, there is good reason to be hopeful about the robust longevity of the literary ecosystem.

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ReadingThe Horror ShowWriters and Writing

“You don’t really believe what you read”: Stephen King on the attraction of horror fiction

October 23, 2020June 14, 2022

Horror fiction provides a buffer against the ongoing stresses and upheavals of the real world.

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ReadingThe Horror Show

The history of horror: What are the best books in the genre?

October 22, 2020June 14, 2022

There are certain core texts that must appear on any list of the “best” horror novels ever written. Then what?

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