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Friday Linkage: Read Whatever YA Like Edition

June 8, 2014

It’s Sunday, which means I’m late getting to the links of the week. In the spirit of better late than never, here goes: * Writing in Slate, Ruth Graham endeared herself to legions of YA fans with an essay about why grownups ought to be reading More Serious Books. …even the myriad defenders of YA… Continue reading »

Friday Linkage: Amazon or Bust Edition

May 23, 2014

This week, it’s all Amazon, more or less (more for some, less for others). *The publishing circles I follow are still kicking around the news, reported by my old Book World colleague David Streitfeld earlier this month, of the battle between Amazon and the publishing company Hachette: Among Amazon’s tactics against Hachette, some of which… Continue reading »

Friday Linkage: Shakespeare’s B’day Edition

April 25, 2014

Shakespeare turned 450 on Wednesday, April 23 (or thereabouts–nobody knows for sure). Happy birthday, Will! There was some big birthday news, or a big claim that made news, anyway. Two NYC booksellers announced that they have an annotated dictionary, a 1580 copy of Baret’s Alvearie, which they believe belonged to the Bard. To find the… Continue reading »

Friday Linkage: Reports of the Death of Reading Are a Little Bit Exaggerated

April 11, 2014

Some bagatelles and bemusements from the week gone by: * The Washington Post indulged in some familiar alarmism about what surfing the Internet is doing to our ability to read. * But one of the experts the Post quoted, Andrew Dillon of the University of Texas, put up a blog post in which he made… Continue reading »

*Friday Linkage

April 5, 2014

[*I don’t know what to call this feature yet. If one of you suggests something catchy and I use it, I’ll give you a shout-out on the blog.] I’ve wanted to start a Friday-links feature for a while now. I’m finally getting around to it. Every Friday, I’ll post a few links to stories, blog… Continue reading »

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