Category: Literary Linking
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Literary Linking: February 27 – March 3
This week’s articles cover topics including: new and angry words in the Oxford English Dictionary, a Jane Austen heirloom, creating a rainbow bookshelf, and more! My favorite literary links from the week of February 27- March 3: Inheriting a National Treasure: Aunt Jane Austen’s Ring Can’t really comprehend how this woman forgot that she was…
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Literary Linking: February 20 – 24
This week’s articles cover topics including: a profile on the new Librarian of Congress, books and libraries in unexpected places, an ultimate thriller reading list, and more! My favorite bookish links from the week of February 20 – 24: Against Readability “A micro-history of cultural gatekeeping: once told by the censors what we may read,…
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Literary Linking: February 13 – 17
This week’s articles cover topics including: bookstores resisting Trump, using books to teach middle-schoolers kindness, a companion series to Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials, and more! My favorite bookish links from the week of February 13 – 17: Man ‘Rescued’ After Getting Trapped Inside a Bookstore “Oliver Soskice’s love of book browsing previously almost left…
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Literary Linking: February 6 – 10
This week’s articles cover topics including Haruki Murakami’s & Charles Dickens’ food writing, a judge who believes in the power of literature, and more! My favorite bookish links from the week of February 6 – 10: Haruki Murakami’s Metaphysics Of Food “Murakami writes intricate plots with an extremely high level of emotional intelligence, but no…
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Literary Linking: January 30 – February 3
This week’s articles cover topics including: rereading Orwell’s 1984, Austen & Freud toothpaste, A.A. Milne’s home on the market, and more! My favorite bookish links from the week of January 30 – February 3: NYPL Staff Picks 2017 “True stories, tales of courage, historical romances, edge-of-your seat thrillers… There’s a huge world of books out…
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Literary Linking: January 23 – 27
This week’s articles cover topics including: bibliomania, Merriam-Webster Dictionary trolling Trump, children’s book awards, and more! My favorite bookish links from the week of January 23 – 27: Sales of Orwell’s ‘1984’ Spike after Kellyanne Conway’s ‘Alternative Facts’ “While the phrase ‘alternative facts’ reminded many of the terms ‘falsehoods,’ ‘lies’ and ‘untruths,’ it reminded many…
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Literary Linking: January 16 – 20
This week’s articles cover topics including: exercising like your favorite author, the decline of library cats, John Lewis’ books selling out and more! My favorite bookish links from the week of January 16 – 20: Obama’s Secret to Surviving the White House Years: Books “During [Barack Obama’s] eight years in the White House — in…
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Literary Linking: January 9 – 13
This week’s articles cover topics including: the novel in the age of Obama, a taxidermy library, a Harry-Potter themed pasta restaurant, classic literary obituaries, and more! My favorite bookish links from the week of January 9 – 13: Considering the Novel in the Age of Obama “What will we mean when someday we refer to…
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Literary Linking: January 2 – 6
This week’s articles include yoga for book lovers, a preview of the best books to read in 2017, NYPL’s most popular checkouts last year, and more ! My favorite bookish links from the week of January 2 – 6: Yoga for Book Lovers Hot yoga is so over…this is the year of book yoga! Here…
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Literary Linking: December 19 – 23
This week’s articles include a book 57 years overdue, fabulous female heroines and more! There won’t be any Literary Linking next week because I’ll be having fun in the sun on a Caribbean cruise 🙂 Hope everyone has a great holiday! My favorite bookish links from the week of December 19 – 23: Denzel Washington…