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The Association of Small Bombs by Karan Mahajan

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Karan Mahajan reads from his latest novel, The Association of Small Bombs, published in March by Viking.The Association of Small BombsThe bombing, for which Mr. and Mrs. Khurana were not present, was a flat, percussive...

So Sad Today by Melissa Broder

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Melissa Broder reads an excerpt from her essay collection, So Sad Today, published in March by Grand Central Publishing.I Want To Be a Whole Person But Really ThinI am an eater of numbers. I prefer packaged foods, foods with a bar...

The Book of Hulga by Rita Mae Reese

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Rita Mae Reese reads a crown of sonnets from her latest poetry collection, The Book of Hulga, published in March by the University of Wisconsin Press. Illustrations by Julie Franki. Milledgevilleis the nothingness from...

Short Story Vending Machines, Writers Who Run, and More

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11.12.15

Value of first editions of twentieth-century classics increases; Roland Barthes at one hundred; “experimental” Millennial bookstore to open in London; and other news.

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Antidote for Night by Marsha de la O

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Marsha de la O reads three poems from her new collection, Antidote for Night, published in September by BOA Editions.

Bright Dead Things by Ada Limón

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Ada Limón reads five poems from her new collection, Bright Dead Things, published in September by Milkweed Editions. ADAPTATION It was, for a time, a loud twittering flightof psychedelic-colored canaries: a cloudof startle...

Descent by Tim Johnston

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Tim Johnston reads an excerpt from his novel Descent, published in January by Algonquin Books.From The Life Before Her name was Caitlin, she was eighteen, and her own heart would sometimes wake her—flying...

Politics and Prose Bookstore Opens Satellite Locations, Lemony Snicket Gets a Netflix Deal, and More

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11.6.14

The case against “book-dropping”; literary characters who never die; the often-elusive titling process; and other news.