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fromwww.nytimes.com
5 days ago

Look Inside Richard Hell's East Village Tenement Apartment

Richard Hell has maintained his rent-stabilized East Village apartment for over 50 years while building a multifaceted career in music, film, and literature, surrounding himself with thousands of books.
fromNieman Lab
7 months ago

Missouri's oldest Black bookstore just closed. The Kansas City Defender plans to reopen it as a newsroom and public archive.

Willa Robinson's passion for reading began in childhood, inspired by her father. She has collected Black literature since the late 1970s, seeing it as a way to fill personal loss.
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fromianVisits
7 months ago

Pay a visit to the 400-year old Kedermister Library

The Kedermister Library, founded around 1613, is a historical treasure located in St Mary's Church, featuring over 300 books, including an 11th-century manuscript on loan to the British Library.
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fromCornell Chronicle
11 months ago

Library puts rare James Baldwin collection on exhibit | Cornell Chronicle

The George Bixby collection of James Baldwin's works is now housed at Cornell University, providing a comprehensive resource for studying Baldwin's impact on literature and civil rights.
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