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His Book Was Repeatedly Banned. Fighting For It Shaped His Life.
“The Chocolate War,” published 50 years ago, became one of the country’s most challenged books. Its author, Robert Cormier, spent…
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Young, Cool, Coddled and Raised on the Internet
The best stories in Honor Levy’s “My First Book” capture the quiet desperation of today’s smart set. But there is…
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Letter by Letter, Steve Gleason Typed His Memoir With His Eyes
Describe your ideal reading experience (when, where, what, how). I have always loved to read, and I read nearly anywhere.…
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They Saw Dallas as a Literary Hub, Then Got to Work Making It One
When Will Evans arrived in Dallas just over a decade ago, he had a degree in Russian literature, a passion…
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A Quite Contrary Alphabet Book Asks, How Did Our Gardens Grow?
AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING FOR COLORED CHILDREN: An Alphabetary of the Colonized World, by Jamaica Kincaid. Illustrated by Kara Walker.…
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Books Bound in Human Skin: An Ethical Quandary at the Library
Harvard’s recent decision to remove the binding of a notorious volume in its library has thrown fresh light on a…
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Quick! Someone Get This Book a Doctor.
Not every workplace features a guillotine. At a book conservation lab tucked beneath the first floor of the Metropolitan Museum…
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Quick. Someone Get This Book a Doctor.
Not every workplace features a guillotine. At a book conservation lab tucked beneath the first floor of the Metropolitan Museum…
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Hundreds of Small Presses Just Lost Their Distributor. Now What?
A nonprofit that distributed books for many of the country’s small presses has closed, and the fallout could affect the…
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Some Used to Dread Readings. Now They Sell Out.
These days, literary events in New York City can require tickets and be just as hard to get into as…