Posted on September 19, 2024 at 8:12 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Catch up quick with the politics-adjacent bookish news of the past few days!
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What makes for a good banned-book display? Nikki DeMarco shares the must-have and the nice-to-have features (Book Riot).
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James Folta read the recent BBC article on shorter, slimmer books as a way to make publishing more eco-friendly, and he thinks it missed several other bigger routes to achieve this goal (Literary Hub).
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Chinese authorities made it too difficult for Yu Miao to continue operating a bookstore, but he's found a good business home in Washington, D.C. (NPR).
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For the first time in half a century, we have a new and high-profile English translation of Karl Marx's Capital, and one scholar explains what makes this so important and worth reading (The New York Times).
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