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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…
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Heartbreak and Family Love on the International Booker Prize Shortlist
Books by Jenny Erpenbeck and Hwang Sok-yong are among six nominees for the prestigious award for translated fiction.
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The Surfer Dude Behind a Famous Jewel Heist
Murph the Surf became an unlikely folk hero after robbing the American Museum of Natural History’s Hall of Gems in…
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Antiquarian Book Fair: From Sylvia Plath’s Papers to Vintage Matchbooks
This year’s New York International Antiquarian Book Fair features plenty of quirky items amid the high-ticket treasures. (Poison books, anyone?)
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Ada Limón Won’t Let Prose Touch the Poetry on Her Shelves
What books are on your night stand? My night stand doesn’t speak to me anymore. That’s because, here’s the truth:…
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A Book Found in a Cairo Market Launched a 30-Year Quest: Who Was the Writer?
For Iman Mersal, the slim novel was “life altering.” She narrates her journey in the footsteps of its largely forgotten…
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