We’re at the combination Pizza Hut and Little Free Library
Throughout the midwestern states of these here United States, passersby and pizza parlor enthusiasts might notice an extra treat waiting for them. For Atlas Obscura, Anne Ewbank writes of a recent proliferation… Read more »
There is no frigate (for smuggling drugs into jail) like a book
The many book crimes one can commit vary greatly in degree and kind. People steal rare books from libraries (you absolutely should not do this). People steal very average books from… Read more »
Another day, another fight against the capitalist machine: UW-Madison offers up a plan to “consolidate” libraries, remove millions of books
According to a recent story on Madison, Wisconsin’s community radio station WORT-FM, the University of Wisconsin—Madison is proposing a consolidation of over twenty of its libraries, which could involve the removal of over two million… Read more »
Why censor environmental information when you can abolish it?
Wisconsin governor Scott Walker’s proposal to slash state spending by eliminating a self-funding magazine published by the state’s Department of Natural Resources is provoking calls of bullshit from former agency… Read more »
A state-by-state guide to literary bankruptcy
Bankruptcy is not a laughing matter, for the most part. However, it is a complex field of the law that in its study can lead one down some pretty interesting… Read more »
Little Free Libraries banned — or at least, put in the back yard
In what can only be described as a fairly dick move, the town of Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, has decided to ban Little Free Libraries, the most adorable manifestation of libraries… 1 / Read more »