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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

1938 ad for cardboard boxes goes way harder than it needs to

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A giant hand grasps three vector lines and pills them down into an open box in a black and white poster

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jeff @jazyjef.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Greg Tate Day 2026 October 18 • Harlem

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Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My friend @overstreet.bsky.social nails a lot of things about NATCHEZ that I didn’t have space for (unsurprisingly) and I saw this movie a year ago and think about it on the regular. You can get it on Apple, Amazon etc for $3 and I recommend. www.jeffreyoverstreet.com/2026/09/20/n...

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Natchez: my favorite discovery of 2026 so far

In my favorite film of 2026 so far, director Suzannah Herbert gives us a tour of homes that reveal history that Americans ignore to their own peril.

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Michael Schaub @michaelschaub.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I was lucky enough to get to work with Rose, a brilliant journalist whose kindness and generosity were unmatched. Her loss comes five years after the passing of her colleague Petra Mayer. We lost both far too soon. This is a deeply sad day for cultural journalism. www.npr.org/2026/09/18/n...

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Editor Rose Friedman, who helped shape NPR's cultural coverage, dies at 38

Friedman was in her early 20s when she landed her first position as an editorial assistant at NPR. She became an editor and reporter, and a co-creator of the annual Books We Love reading guide.

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Caught by the River @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

We're pleased to announce details of the CD release of @hannahpeel.bsky.social’s original score for Underland — Robert Petit’s film based on the @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social book of the same name.

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Dan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

'“The culture of readers here is bigger than ever, with readers interested in the underground, the translated, the texts that demand the most out of one's attention.” Flores’s observation was echoed by every one of the 21 booksellers I spoke to' defector.com/what-do-book...

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What Do Booksellers Make Of “The End Of Reading”? | Defector

If you haven’t yet encountered the cover story for the August issue of The Atlantic, I have some bad news to share: “The End of Reading Is Here.” It’s an intentionally provocative headline for a sligh...

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This feels correct, especially given the long line for the crop art *because it's so political this year* May Day was cathartic for many in Minneapolis and St. Paul proper because of the desire to be in community with people proud of this place. The fair taps similar sentiments.

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Christine Cipriani @christinecipriani.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Friends! Friends!! WE HAVE A COVER

Book cover for The Critic: Ada Louise Huxtable and the Building of Modern America, showing a 1974 photo of Huxtable (then NYT architecture critic) against a montage of buildings and a turquoise background

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Kate Tuttle @katekilla.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

One of my favorite columns at the @bostonglobe.com is the art section's One Special Thing, a chance for writers and editors to focus on books, movies, objects, etc. that they love. For this week's installment I wrote about John Dos Passos and his U.S.A. trilogy. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/27/a...

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In his ‘U.S.A.’ trilogy, John Dos Passos penned a love letter to America’s workers and dreamers - The Boston Globe

If there were ever a work that deserved the phrase “more than the sum of its parts,” it would be this series of novels — “The 42nd Parallel” (1930), “1919” (1932), and “The Big Money” (1936) — written...

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

NEW in @porchparty.bsky.social: I wrote about Dolly Parton, her shining example to all of us, and how she somehow became so entwined in my family's life that my kid knew the name "Jolene" before most other names www.porchpartynews.com/p/living-on-...

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Living on Earth with Dolly Parton

Maybe we’re not in the worst timeline after all

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Matt Weiland @mattweiland.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Coming this fall from @wwnorton.com... A stonemason's tale of conserving Canterbury Cathedral, Angkor Wat, Trevi Fountain, Obelisk of Axum, and more. "A captivating, informative journey with an expert guide."― KIRKUS "What a joy to read a craftsman so clearly in love with his craft."―Simon Jenkins

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Matt Weiland @mattweiland.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Coming this fall from @wwnorton.com... "A wide-ranging, eye-opening, and entertaining survey of the weird and wonderful world of Wikipedia"- @libraryjournal.bsky.social ⭐ "Expertly reported, alive with fascinating details, and written with remarkable narrative flair."- @markoconnell.bsky.social

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Matt Weiland @mattweiland.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

O holy day! Today marks the 43rd anniversary of the hallowed day (8/3/83) Prince played a benefit for Minnesota Dance Theatre at First Avenue, debuting "Purple Rain"--and it's this immortal version that is heard in the movie and on the record. h/t @chrissteller.bsky.social *who was there!*

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Sam Pfeifle @sampfeifle.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

"a handful"? Who wrote that? There is no such thing as a handful of dead American soldiers. Do you not know the number? Find the number.

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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Poor St. Paul just can't get a break this week. Pearson's started in Minneapolis before moving to St Paul, making the American classic "Salted Nut Roll" a truly Twin Cities enterprise. Goodbye Pearson's, you deserve an homage 🧵

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Matt Weiland @mattweiland.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Thank you to indie booksellers nationwide for making Oana Aristide's ASTRONAUT! a @literaryhub.bsky.social independent press bestseller, and in such good company.

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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

An exceptional piece of writing from @leanderalphabet.bsky.social that sums the whole World Cup up defector.com/fifa-got-wha...

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kottke.org @kottke.org · 20/07/2026

Watch the Apollo 11 Moon landing "live", as it was presented on TV by Walter Cronkite 57 years ago today. The landing starts at 4:10pm EDT and the moon walk at 10:51 pm EDT. [kottke.org]

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Watch 1969’s Apollo 11 Moon Landing “Live!”

57 years ago today, on July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon and went for a little walk. For the 18th year in a row, you can watch the original CBS News coverage of Walter Cronkite reporting on t

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Matt Weiland @mattweiland.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

"ASTRONAUT! - with an exclamation point - is the title of Oana Aristide's new novel, which is all at once a family drama, a who-done-it, a workplace comedy and a-coming-of-age story as the Iron Curtain begins to crumble all over Eastern Europe."--Scott Simon, NPR Weekend Edition

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Maudi63 @maudi63.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

No matter what kind of day you are having, this👇 will make it better. 🥹 🚲 ❤️

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Matt Weiland @mattweiland.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Happy 50th birthday today to @booksmith.bsky.social and its booksellers in San Francisco.

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Matt Weiland @mattweiland.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Would attend a Society for Latrine Archaeology conference and subscribe to its journal

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John Williams @johnwilliams.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

This is terrific and worth your time. (One of the many things I admire about it is that it makes the persuasive arguments without pretending that we’ll be able to discern the AI from the human-generated.)

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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The Library of Congress is acquiring Grant Wahl's papers, which is incredible news, even if it only makes me miss him more. Especially right now. time.com/article/2026...

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This Should Have Been the Grant Wahl World Cup

The preeminent soccer journalist in the U.S. died at the 2022 tournament.

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Kate Tuttle @katekilla.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

For the @bostonglobe.com I wrote about David Rees's GET YOUR WAR ON, the book that somehow made me feel sane when the world felt insane, the definitive look at how gen-X came of age amid war, terror, and the dot com bubble & bust. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/09/a...

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In ‘Get Your War On,’ David Rees helped Generation X grow the [expletive] up - The Boston Globe

The global war on terror kicked off just as the dot-com bubble was getting ready to burst, all of which coincided with the coming of age of my generation, the slackers and cynics and losers we call Ge...

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Leander **BUY THE LONG GAME** Schaerlaeckens @leanderalphabet.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

On Thursday, July 16, the friends from @goldengoalmag.bsky.social are hosting @rorysmith.bsky.social, @simonkuper.bsky.social, @ishaantharoor.bsky.social and little old me for a panel discussion about the World Cup. 7pm. McNally Jackson in Brooklyn. RSVP here: mcnallyjackson.com/event/2026-0...

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Making Sense of the 2026 World Cup

McNally Jackson is an independent bookstore with five New York locations.

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux @fsgbooks.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The Anniversary Collection Celebrating 80 Years of Farrar, Straus and Giroux Cover art by Alex Merto and Charlotte Grimm.

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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 06/07/2026

Cristiano Ronaldo: what if a mall in Dubai was a person

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John Thorn @johnthorn.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Hail and farewell, Mike Wallace. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/b...

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Mike Wallace, Who Wrote an Acclaimed History of New York, Dies at 83

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Matt Weiland @mattweiland.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Round of 32 results by shirt color Red 7-0 White 5-3 Green 1-1 Yellow 2-4 Blue 1-6 Orange 0-2

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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The great Vale of the Mississippi between St Paul and Minneapolis. On the right is the original United States as defined by the Treaty of Paris, 1783. On the left is the Louisiana Purchase, 1804.

Fluffy evening clouds hang over the curve in the river, looking north from the Lake Street-Marshall Bridge. A faux riverboat glides along

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Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 03/07/2026

Soccer is my favorite sport and always will be, but Jesus Christ they've got to do something about this VAR issue. Every exciting moment devolves into legalistic nitpicking and standing around. For a match like this to end with Zapruder analysis and trigonometry is simply not fun!!!

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Bruno Tonelli @brunotonelli.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

That’s why Italy no longer qualifies for the World Cup.

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Matt Weiland @mattweiland.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Favorite works of fiction with exclamation marks in their titles GO, DOG. GO! O PIONEERS! ABSALOM, ABSALOM! SWAMPLANDIA! ASTRONAUT! by Oana Aristide, out from @wwnorton.com later this month... "A splendid novel... A stirring ode to the goodness that persists despite humanity’s cruelty."―PW

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Matt Weiland @mattweiland.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

“Beautiful and urgent.”―Aimee Nezhukumatathil “Crucial.”―Kim Stanley Robinson “Lovely, thought-provoking, and above all helpful.”―Ben Goldfarb “A passionate cry of resistance to bear witness to the natural world.”―Kirkus ⭐

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Matt Weiland @mattweiland.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

More than 30 years ago, I had a proud hand in reissuing the classic WPA GUIDE TO NEW YORK CITY…

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Bryan Curtis @bryancurtis.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Thoughts on the great New Yorker writer Mark Singer: www.instagram.com/p/DZ05n8BD_t...

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Matt Weiland @mattweiland.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

"The best books about nature, like this one, drive you back out there, to the inchoate, the chaotic, the unresolvable." -Barry Lopez

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Sam Sacks @ssacks.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I worked on a very fun semiquincentennial feature for this weekend's WSJ. The editors asked me to select 26 novels that tell a story about America's 250 year history. It's not a best-of list, but one that suggests a (necessarily branching) national narrative. Gift link! www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

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A Fictional History of the U.S.

A tour of America’s past through 26 works that captured the country’s character and contradictions.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Really missing Grant Wahl right now. Need his daily thoughts on all the soccer. Need his integrity and his guts and allyship. We lost so much. 💔

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Matt Weiland @mattweiland.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

One of the most interesting and influential works of history of the past fifty years. Also: a delight to read.

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