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Mexico City Is for Literature Lovers
A guide to the vibrant bibliophile scene of CDMX
By Daniel Scheffler
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Arks of Living Words
How books are helping protect endangered languages from disappearing
By Santiago Flórez
Special Section
Biblio360
Download Our annual guide to clubs, classes, exhibitions, book fairs & more
Gently Mad
Touching the Past
With medieval manuscript expert Christopher de Hamel
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Climate Change in the Archives
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A New Era for One of the Oldest Libraries in the US
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Curses Upon Book Thieves
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Poetry in America’s National Parks
Record-Breaker
A Print Expression of Black Modernism
Harlem Renaissance artist Aaron Douglas
In View
Beyond the Puzzle of Vivian Maier
A new look at the enigmatic photographer
Beyond the Basics
How to Describe a Book
Fredson Bowers’s Principles of Bibliographical Description
In the Library
The First Public Library of the Americas
The evolution of a Mexican city’s 400-year-old collection
Fine Maps
Canada’s Forgotten Cartographer
Shanawdithit drew maps to rescue her history from obscurity
Sold@Auction
From Alchemy to Cartographic Propaganda
A roundup of rare books, broadsides, maps, and more
On the Block
The Library of a Lifetime
Robin de Beaumont’s incredible Victorian binding collection at auction
How I Got Started
Drive-In Movie Ephemera
Collector Joe Fay
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How Rare Books and Archives Are Helping Us to Understand Our Changing Natural World
Thanks to the meticulous notes of centuries-old botanists, farmers, and hearty sailors plying the ocean’s depths, researchers can use rare books and…
By Jonathan Shipley
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A New Era for the Charleston Library Society, One of the Oldest Libraries in the US
In the heart of Charleston, South Carolina’s downtown, stands an impressive Beaux-Arts structure often mistaken for an opera house or a city hall.…
By Andrew Song
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New Publication Examines the History of Book Curses
Chaining your books to the shelf to protect them from light-fingered readers has fallen out of fashion, but maybe it’s time to fall back on another…
By Alex Johnson
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Sit Down with Ada Limón and Her Poetry Program in America's National Parks
Ada Limón, the twenty-fourth United States poet laureate, has frequently written about nature in her six poetry books. Her poems are populated not…
By Colleen Smith
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Feature
Mexico City Is for Literature Lovers
A guide to the vibrant bibliophile scene of CDMX
By Daniel Scheffler
Feature
Arks of Living Words
How books are helping protect endangered languages from disappearing
By Santiago Flórez
Special Section
Biblio360
Download Our annual guide to clubs, classes, exhibitions, book fairs & more
Gently Mad
Touching the Past
With medieval manuscript expert Christopher de Hamel
Digest
Climate Change in the Archives
Digest
A New Era for One of the Oldest Libraries in the US
Digest
Curses Upon Book Thieves
Digest
Poetry in America’s National Parks
Record-Breaker
A Print Expression of Black Modernism
Harlem Renaissance artist Aaron Douglas
In View
Beyond the Puzzle of Vivian Maier
A new look at the enigmatic photographer
Beyond the Basics
How to Describe a Book
Fredson Bowers’s Principles of Bibliographical Description
In the Library
The First Public Library of the Americas
The evolution of a Mexican city’s 400-year-old collection
Fine Maps
Canada’s Forgotten Cartographer
Shanawdithit drew maps to rescue her history from obscurity
Sold@Auction
From Alchemy to Cartographic Propaganda
A roundup of rare books, broadsides, maps, and more
On the Block
The Library of a Lifetime
Robin de Beaumont’s incredible Victorian binding collection at auction
How I Got Started
Drive-In Movie Ephemera
Collector Joe Fay