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How to Quit Cars

by Krista Stevens May 23, 2023May 23, 2023

“The history of transportation will always be social history, writ large.”

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How Tokyo Became an Anti-Car Paradise

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands May 15, 2023May 15, 2023

“The world’s biggest, most functional city might also be the most pedestrian-friendly. That’s not a coincidence.”

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How Bookshop.org Survives—and Thrives—in Amazon’s World

by Peter Rubin April 11, 2023April 11, 2023

“Andy Hunter’s ecommerce platform was a pandemic hit. Now he’s on a mission to prove that small businesses can scale up without selling out.”

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There’s Nothing Unnatural About a Computer

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 22, 2023March 22, 2023

“James Bridle’s Ways of Being wants us to take a fresh look at nature’s intelligence.”

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Stet: On Cutting—but Keeping—Everything

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 6, 2023March 6, 2023

” I prefer to keep my darlings on ice.”

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BookTok Is Good, Actually: On the Undersung Joys of a Vast and Multifarious Platform

by Peter Rubin February 16, 2023February 16, 2023

“When I scroll TikTok, I see creativity, joy, pleasure, energy, and a contagious enthusiasm for books.”

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Is Anyone Ever Well?

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 31, 2023January 31, 2023

Two new books see disability as a source of solidarity.

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Messengers From the Past

by Krista Stevens January 26, 2023February 22, 2023

“I may have seen all there is to see at the Bosque yet I keep returning each year. It’s as though I, too, migrate to the Bosque.”

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Anatomy of the Mask: A Reading List on Superhero Comics

by Joshua Miller October 20, 2022October 20, 2022

The adventures of superheroes reveal a lot about the people who created them — and the marginalized communities they represent.

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Reading Doesn’t Have to Mean Keeping Your Books Forever

by Peter Rubin September 22, 2022October 19, 2022

“The paradox of the library in our time is that it aspires to be vast but is also selective and bounded – a tiny droplet of material in a seemingly limitless sea of content.”

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