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Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more.<\/em><\/p>\n

It is a beautiful May day here in Portland, Oregon and my capacity to offer my normal blend of incisive critiques and insouciant observations is severely compromised. Time for a good old-fashion, let’s clear out the digital closet link drop!<\/p>\n

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Book cover clich\u00e9s have reached crisis point. What\u2019s a reader to do? [The Bookseller]<\/a><\/p>\n

A Visit to Shel Silverstein’s Archives [Publisher’s Weekly]<\/a><\/p>\n

In search of \u201cBrodernism\u201d: Where is this maximalist cult of difficulty? [The Berliner]<\/a><\/p>\n

Rachel Kushner on the 20th Anniversary of Less Than Zero [The Paris Review]<\/a><\/p>\n

The Great Language Flattening [The Atlantic]<\/a><\/p>\n

A new documentary checks out the many ways libraries are a ‘Free For All’ [NPR]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Can Religious Parents Veto Books in Public Schools? [Strict Scrutiny]<\/a><\/p>\n

The New York Times’ Poetry Reading Challenge [The New York Times]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Trump Orders End to Federal Funding for PBS and NPR [WBUR]<\/a><\/p>\n

Read Your Resistance: Book Bans and Bravery: A Conversation with Samira Ahmed [Chicago Review of Books]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Gruffalo Coming Back After 20 Years with New Books [BBC News]<\/a><\/p>\n

Elena Ferrante\u2019s Neapolitan novels get a new cover in special edition. <\/a>[Today.com]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Kathy Bates Is Still ‘Crushed’ That Her 1990 Film ‘Misery’ Wasn’t More Violent<\/a> [People]<\/p>\n

\u2018Brokeback Mountain\u2019 Getting 20th Anniversary Re-Release This Summer<\/a> [Deadline]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Columbia Lecturer Creates ‘Resistance Summer School’ After University Eliminates Her Course On Race<\/a> [Black Enterprise]<\/p>\n

Why I love the Calligraphr font-creation app<\/a> [The Verge]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Maria Popova and McNally Jackson to reissue forgotten masterworks [Kottke.org]<\/a><\/p>\n

Asimov Press\u2019 New Book, Written in DNA [Asimov Press]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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