February 2, 2012 
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JD Salinger died two years ago. To date, no new writing has been revealed or released. The literary world seems frustrated, but do we have any right to be?
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January 5, 2012 0 Comments
Apparently, I am not alone in my adoration of beautiful, vintage space books – the Dreams of Space blog confirms.
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December 29, 2011 0 Comments
Letter from Charles Bukowski, outlining his terms to give a poetry reading.
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December 28, 2011 0 Comments
AbeBooks’ Most Expensive Sales of 2011 included an eclectic, varied list of treasures from every genre imaginable.
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December 13, 2011 0 Comments
Literary Feasts: Recipes from the Classics of Literature by Barbara Scrafford discusses delicious food scenes from famous books, and provides accompanying recipes. Reading and cooking!
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November 18, 2011 3 Comments
Stuck Up! is a delightful compendium of all the objects, ranging from the banal to the funny to the downright upsetting, that people have gotten stuck inside themselves.
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November 17, 2011 0 Comments
Life Magazine’s 20 Worst Covers of All Time.
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October 24, 2011 0 Comments
Pictorial Poultry Keeping and much more – it’s all here in the Weird Book Room!
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September 28, 2011 0 Comments
Interview with author Esi Edugyan, whose novel Half Blood Blues has been shortlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize and longlisted for the 2011 Giller Prize.
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August 24, 2011 0 Comments
New book for your 6-year-old: “Maggie Goes On a Diet” by Paul Kramer.
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P. D. Carswell: Ernest Hemingbird.…
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