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Lovely hidden paintings adorned the edges of historic books trib.al/a4nAXge
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Review: The Smithsonian African American Museum Is Here at Last. And It Uplifts and Upsets. nyti.ms/2cMQGwa
STEWY - Street Art at Stoke Newington Library Gallery on @ArtRabbit artrabbit.com/events/stewy-s…
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What the list of most banned books says about our society's fears ti.me/2d0LvZs
A little bit about the authors who just won #MacArthurGenius grants from @ElectricLit bit.ly/2ct5z9r
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Glasgow Women’s Library: a treasure trove that shows how far feminism has come theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…

Glasgow Women’s Library: a treasure trove that shows how far feminism has come

The only museum dedicated to women’s history in the UK records a century of lives using everything from cookery books to Spare Rib magazine and anti-suffragette stationery

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A non-brand antique bookstore in Malasaña, Madrid. Simply “Books” ("Libros"). 📷Álvaro Ibáñez.
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Grab one of these banned or challenged books to celebrate #BannedBooksWeek and take a stand against censorship: on.nypl.org/2cIZGAV
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The Museum of Modern Art's Miraculous New Online Archive. theatlantic.com/technology/a…

Spend Some Time With the Museum of Modern Art’s Miraculous New Archive

Every exhibit since 1929 can now be seen for free—and the effect is unsettling.

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Carla Hayden Takes Charge of the World’s Largest Library newyorker.com/books/page-tur…

Carla Hayden Takes Charge of the World’s Largest Library

More than eighty per cent of librarians are women, but the Librarian of Congress has always been a white man. Until now.

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Your local library is a treasure trove of free digital media cio.com/article/3123031/mobi…
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Both reassuring and terrifying: How Long Did Famous Novels Take to Write? via @ElectricLit buff.ly/2cJJ3rP
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MIT researchers develop camera that can read books without opening them slashgear.com/mit-researcher…

MIT Researchers Develop Camera That Can Read Books Without Opening Them - SlashGear

You've almost surely heard the phrase "don't judge a book by its cover," but what if you could read a book through its cover? Because…

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NYPL's Rose Main Reading Room and Bill Blass Public Catalog Room to reopen October 5: on.nypl.org/2cmUWTr
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JetBlue's Soar With Reading Book Vending Machine Program Expands to Florida abcn.ws/2ca4nFX
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That “Old Book Smell” Is a Mix of Grass and Vanilla @SmithsonianMag #books 📚📖 smithsonianmag.com/smart-new…
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Fake books in movies that we wish we could read: "All Of Them Witches", by J R Hanslet in Rosemary's Baby, 1968.
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Fountain at the Cincinnati Public #Library - Photography
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15 Thought-Provoking Quotes from Literature: An Infographic electricliterature.com/15-th…
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