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Selling, Banning, and Walking

June 8, 2012 | by

  • Novelist Barry Unsworth has died at eighty-one.
  • The Catholic Church denounces a book; it becomes a best seller.
  • (Almost as effective as Oprah.)
  • Lev Grossman teaches us how to read and walk simultaneously.
  • “The Comedy of Noir.”
  • Where things stand: the Rumpus explores racial bias in the world of books.

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    Thefts, Maps, and the Return of Oprah

    June 4, 2012 | by

  • A rare, first-edition Book of Mormon has been stolen from an Arizona store.
  • The Atlantic presents a slideshow of images from the “graphic canon,” in which artists take on the classics.
  • Will 2012 be the biggest Book Expo ever?
  • An interactive map of the UK’s literary destinations.
  • The return of Oprah’s Book Club.

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