Posted on May 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM 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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If you find yourself realizing you haven’t absorbed anything you’ve read, then you may want to try these tips on “deep reading” from Maryanne Wolf, author of several books on the science of reading (NPR).
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A new book from Asimov Press will be available in two forms — printed and also encoded in DNA (Asimov Press).
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Another special edition, albeit a more traditional one: Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan quartet will be coming out in one single volume October 7 (TODAY).
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The movie Brokeback Mountain, an adaptation of Annie Proulx’s short story, will be re-released this summer in honor of the film’s twentieth anniversary (Deadline).
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And speaking of fresh looks: Maria Popova and the bookstore chain McNally Jackson are launching a project called Marginalian Editions, which republishes "forgotten masterworks that deserve a second life” (The Marginalian)
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Read a review of the new PBS documentary Free for All: The Public Library about the US library system (NPR).
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