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About kara

We know our letters just fine, and we know our numbers to a certain point, but books were always the realm of four-eyed poindexters with bowler hats and cravats. That’s why it pleases us so that America’s proud illiterates are finally stepping up and pushing back against the crushing tide of education that threatens to swallow us all into its gaping maw of checked facts. Champions of the Ignorantiat will not like it here.

Bookshelf Porn.

Posted on February 19, 2013 by kara

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Prolific Romance Novelist is Actually a Lovable Old Coot

Posted on February 11, 2013 by kara

Authors choose to write under pseudonyms for a variety of reasons. Some simply don’t want to associated with the junk they’re writing. Some want to to gauge the level of their popularity. After the successes Carrie, ‘Salem’s Lot, and The Shining, Stephen … Continue reading →

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Suicide Chick-Lit

Posted on February 2, 2013 by kara

  From gallerycat: To commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Sylvia Plath’s “The Bell Jar,” a dark, semi-autobiographical novel about a young woman’s struggle with mental illness, UK publisher Faber decided to issue a new cover. This sounds appropriate — exciting, … Continue reading →

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Breakfast at Tiffany’s II, Revenge of the Librarian.

Posted on January 30, 2013 by kara

I hate Breakfast at Tiffany’s. I hate the black Givenchy dress, the tiara and foot-long cigarette holder, a grotesque parody of elegance. I hate the character’s “dahling”. I hate how, minutes after meeting her new neighbor Paul, Holly launches into … Continue reading →

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Vintage Library Posters

Posted on January 25, 2013 by kara

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On the Nightstand

Posted on January 22, 2013 by kara

Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan Free Press, publication date: November 13, 2012

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Posted on January 22, 2013 by kara

The British Museum’s Enlightenment Room is a display dedicated to the age of Enlightenment. Separated into the various arts and sciences, there are books, fossils and statues on display, along with examples of earthenware and metalwork, which try to explain … Continue reading →

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Librarian Ink

Posted on January 21, 2013 by kara

 

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Posted on January 20, 2013 by kara

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Bookshelf Porn

Posted on January 20, 2013 by kara

  This creators of this enormous, book-lined staircase from Levitate Architects had this to say about the stunning loft-library apartment design: “Our proposal extended the flat into the unused loft space above, creating a new bedroom level and increasing the … Continue reading →

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