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Amazon has had plenty of trouble on its hands in America—in case you missed it, here’s why the Amazon-Hachette dispute matters—but if you’ll direct your attention over to Germany for a… Read more »

The names are in: Amtrak has announced the 24 recipients of its writers’ residency, which came close, but hasn’t outstripped, The Nation Cruise in the category of bizarre literary-corporate partnerships… Read more »

When you’re opening a bookstore in New York, it’s a pretty big bonus to have a space that costs you nothing. Which is the fortunate position that Antonin Baudry finds… Read more »

Earlier this month, after eighteen thousand people signed a petition, an insouciant street corner in Forest Hills, Queens was named after Third Wave Russian author, Sergei Dovlatov. Those who knew… Read more »

Remember reading books when you were a kid and wishing that someone would turn them into a cartoon or movie so you could see what the characters really looked and… Read more »