Write as if you were dying, Annie Dillard once said.

 

I WASN’T ON CHAMBERS STREET holding the sign after Monday last week. I went by Lucky Star bus from Canal Street in Chinatown to Boston. My sister’s daughter was getting married. Boston was good; wedding was even better. The reception was in the Boston Public Library. A spectacular building. I’ll be on Chambers Street Monday again. 

 

Report finds YouTube more popular than TikTok for young book buyers

Despite recent stories about the popularity of BookTok, Neilsen’s survey found more of those aged between 14-25 searched YouTube for new reads

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/aug/07/report-finds-youtube-more-popular-than-tiktok-for-young-book-buyers

 

I bought this a few days ago. I’d seen the book with that photo for years. Much talk about the movie, which I haven’t seen. The book is very good so far. 

The Civil-Rights Showdown Nobody Remembers

Clinton High was the first Southern school to be integrated by court order. Why did reluctant acceptance turn to violence? (from ‘The New Yorker’):

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08/07/the-civil-rights-showdown-nobody-remembers

 

The untold story of California’s most iconic outdoor bookshop, Bart’s Books. 

https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2023-07-27/barts-books-outdoor-bookstore-ojai-history

 

Booksellers, including Valerie Koehler of Blue Willow Bookshop in Houston, said that the new Texas law requiring them to rate books’ sexual content is unconstitutional, and practically impossible to implement. Credit...Shane Lavalette for The New York Times

Booksellers Move to the Front Lines of the Fight Against Book Bans in Texas

With a book-rating law set to take effect in September, a group of booksellers, along with publishers and authors, filed suit to argue that it is unconstitutional.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/25/books/book-banning-texas-lawsuit.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare