MY LOCAL BRANCH of the NYPL opened back up for business this morning after months of being closed and then partial services. I was there when they unlocked the door. It’s more a fit for me than the coffee shop.

Being a poet is a dangerous job. This was in The Guardian:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jul/05/flogged-imprisoned-murdered-today-being-a-poet-is-a-dangerous-job?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

 

Why books taught in school don’t reflect modern England. A video made by Penguin Books: 

https://youtu.be/OmuRd5FTtLw

 

A review in the Times of a book about the wildly ambitious Federal Writers’ Project begun in 1939. It put 10,000 people to work producing books and other written materials about our country.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/15/books/review/republic-of-detours-scott-borchert.html?referringSource=articleShare

A reading guide to legendary Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez. In today’s LA Times:

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-07-02/reading-gabriel-garcia-marquez

Quentin Tarantino has written a $9.99 paperback mass-market-size novel out of his fascinating movie. The Times critic Dwight Garner likes it. Here’s the review:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/28/books/quentin-tarantino-once-upon-time-hollywood-novel.html?referringSource=articleShare

A long wonderfully smart piece on Philip Roth. By a woman who knew him:

https://nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/the-afterlife/?utm_source=MASTER+LIST+01%2F06%2F2020&utm_campaign=215004114e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_01_26_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b822eb7b82-215004114e-399279068&mc_cid=215004114e&mc_eid=6fb418bcd4&fbclid=IwAR23CS3TQaD52jav-XeJnnphCOkBshWYjn0W8IZSBWoJ7Lnws21NOm-qPnw