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Happy birthday, Proust. Buy The Lemoine Affair for $5, today only Happy birthday, Marcel Proust. He was born 141 years ago today. In celebration, we’re selling The Lemoine Affair, his hilarious early work, for $5 — that’s half the list price… Read more »
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A commuters book club, at last! Seattle, long recognized as one of the most literate cities in the US, is living up to its reputation. The city now has a bus-riders book club. Books on the… Read more »
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Cold books to cope with hot summer days Here in New York, the summer heat has been oppressive lately, and people are looking for an escape — fleeing the city for breezy beaches, staying secluded in ice-cold air-conditioned… Read more »
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Ron and Rand Paul: The public domain is an evil collectivist plot The Pauls, libertarian darlings, have taken up a new crusade — that of internet freedom — outlining their views in a “Technology Revolution” manifesto. The document declares one particular group… 1 / Read more »
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Hello to new book is a Hail & Farewell to numerous bookstores and publishers In a book trailer for his new novel, The Garden of Lost and Found, a straight-faced Dale Peck both spoofs Bob Dylan and writes a touching love note to a… 1 / Read more »
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Amazon warehouse worker gets his hands dirty Michael Cunningham on this year’s non-Pulitzer Book trailers: still crappy Teach yourself synesthesia Listen to literature’s landscape Collecting boring books Criticism worth reconsidering… Read more »
