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Alex George

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row and rows displayed at a angel of a red and yellow book with the title "The Sympathizer"

Skylarking

We’ve had a wonderful time selecting titles for the Skylarking Book Club so far. There are many different criteria we think about when choosing the books, and with...

row and rows displayed at a angel of a red and yellow book with the title "The Sympathizer"

Skylarking

We’ve had a wonderful time selecting titles for the Skylarking Book Club so far. There are many different criteria we think about when choosing the books, and with...

row and rows displayed at a angel of a red and yellow book with the title "The Sympathizer"

Skylarking

We’ve had a wonderful time selecting titles for the Skylarking Book Club so far. There are many different criteria we think about when choosing the books, and with...

row and rows displayed at a angel of a red and yellow book with the title "The Sympathizer"

Skylarking

We’ve had a wonderful time selecting titles for the Skylarking Book Club so far. There are many different criteria we think about when choosing the books, and with...

row and rows displayed at a angel of a red and yellow book with the title "The Sympathizer"

Skylarking

There are many perks to this job. First of all, we get to spend our days in this beautiful space, surrounded by books. We get to watch our...

copy of a book titled "Cairo Circles" by Doma Mahoud against a black and orange background

Skylarking

There are many perks to this job. First of all, we get to spend our days in this beautiful space, surrounded by books. We get to watch our...

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‘Tis the Season

Like most shops, independent bookstores do a pretty significant amount of their annual business between Thanksgiving and Christmas. The shop is always full and busy. Who knows, maybe...

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The Book that Changed My Life

A memory about a beautiful escape. About 25 years ago, I was on a coach that was traveling between Oxford, where I was a student, and London. The...

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Love Your Library

  I have a beautiful framed picture on my desk. The image is a silhouette of an open book whose pages have been drawn with feathers to look...

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Unbound Enthusiasm

  Over the course of a perfect weekend at the end of April, the first chapter of Columbia’s newest arts festival, the Unbound Book Festival, unfolded. Like all...