My new ‘cityReader’ #68. I enjoy doing them. They have to be somewhat redundant because new people come upon them. Sorry the pages are not in the right order. That’s a quirk I haven’t fixed on this blog.  

 

‘When a writer tries to explain too much, he’s out of time before he begins.’—Isaac Bashevis Singer

 

A TOUR of my photo bookshelf

by Willem Verbeeck

https://youtu.be/2Icoe2kP3_Y?si=Iy70SRTYtCJGAgzh

HOW BOB DYLAN blurred the boundaries between literature and popular music

https://lithub.com/how-bob-dylan-blurred-the-boundaries-between-literature-and-popular-music/

25 Queer-Owned Bookstores to Know and Support

In the face of books bans targeting LGBTQ+ subjects and authors, here is one way to support queer books.

https://apple.news/AMb3aYIffT0Cf79dj1-IXSA

 

23 REASONS WHY your library is the most important place in town

https://publiclibrariesonline.org/2013/04/community-centered-23-reasons-why-your-library-is-the-most-important-place-in-town/

 Judith Butler, Masha Gessen, Rachel Kushner, Ben Lerner, V (formerly Eve Ensler) and others

‘WE ARE A GROUP OF JEWISH-AMERICAN writers, artists and academics. We oppose what the Israeli government is doing with US assistance…’

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/19/biden-jewish-americans-israel-gaza-call-for-ceasefire