Posted on August 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each story. Your choice!
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Former President Barack Obama released his summer reading list, as is tradition, along with the news that the Obama Presidential Center — opening next year — will have a new branch of the Chicago Public Library on site (Book Riot).
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Gérard Chaliand, who wrote extensively on geopolitics, revolutions in the developing world, and terrorism in some forty books, died August 20 at age ninety-one (The New York Times).
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Read "Run for Your Life,” from Turn to Stone by Emily Meg Weinstein; this memoir comes out September 2 (Electric Literature).
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The New York Times mini-crossword appears to no longer be free, at least while you're using a browser (Book Riot).
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Check out the cover of Waiting on a Friend by Natalie Adler, which comes out May 26, and learn about the design process for it (Electric Literature).
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