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05/29/2026

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/24/books/review/marilyn-monroe-books-arthur-miller.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mFA.hHBG.cFoMnIPYl0Yv&smid=nytcore-ios-share

It was all about self-improvement for the actress, who was born a century ago next week. Two new volumes shed light on the books she collected and the intellectual she married.

05/26/2026

https://bookshop.org/a/95030/9781668098288

The Literary Life of Marilyn Monroe

05/15/2026

Always Thrilled to Lend Books for the Emporium Antiques at 112 Counter Display!

05/07/2026

https://bookshop.org/a/95030/9781419750274

Story of a Perfume

05/06/2026

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Despite the online shopping juggernaut’s best efforts, the ranks of America’s indie bookstores have swelled by 70 percent since 2020. The industry’s trade group, the American Booksellers Association, now counts 3,200 members. As a handful of Silicon Valley titans propel an ever-larger share of our economy, this surprising turnaround for formerly imperiled booksellers isn’t just unexpected good news—it’s proof Americans have both the desire and the ability to resist Big Tech.

So how did small bookstores make their comeback? Well, it seems that many people simply prefer not to confine their reading to the digital world, nor their shopping to exploitative, union-busting warehouses. A third of Americans now see Big Tech as the largest threat to the nation’s future, which suggests that years of exhortations to “shop small” have likely found receptive audiences.

There’s also the singular experience of patronizing a local bookstore, where clerks are on hand to offer expert guidance, locally relevant selections hold pride of place on front tables, and where shoppers may encounter friends, neighbors, and their next favorite reads. While browsing in a physical store, readers are three times more likely to stumble upon a new book they’re interested in than they are when scrolling through Amazon’s interface. Read more from Katrina vanden Heuvel: https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/independent-bookstore-revival-amazon-decline-local-retail-reading-trends/

05/04/2026

https://www.npr.org/2026/05/04/nx-s1-5753845/jack-thorne-film-lord-of-the-flies?utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews&utm_campaign=npr&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwY2xjawRl_5NleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeLVlXZ97yyaCm4lxpH0htt8mSDmeBCJ9GlrPHQ-gtkvLjzl_YIHbl15CvUKs_aem_kOc_83fC52Pyxz0JtSqxkQ

Jack Thorne adapted Lord of the Flies into a four-part TV series to show the story unfolding through the eyes of each of the four main characters.

05/04/2026

https://bookshop.org/lists/100-pulitzer-prize-winning-books?utm_source=bs-owned&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ed-pulitzerprize-050426&utm_term=ed-featured-list&mi_u=01H3Q5HYTRW8QJSBAZ7RWHW2WV&mi_ecmp=01kqj2zafb4wapt60wqx6rjtgz&_kx=o66sDVD5V5VG8PCziX-nTZJ1URJVWEn_WbBjQQNd3ow.RBxUNF&mi_cmp=74c71ddfd95ce2f7~14610367~~~~~01_7_2026_15_00_23_638634~&mi_sc=t

Words That Shaped the World The Pulitzer Prize stands as America's most prestigious recognition of excellence in journalism and the arts.

04/25/2026

04/25/2026

Based on Tennessee Williams’s 1957 play “Orpheus Descending,” Sidney Lumet’s drama of drifter Valentine “Snakeskin” Xavier (Marlon Brando) seeking the straight-and-narrow path via a new start in small-town Mississippi could at face value be considered a departure for the director, though only by way of location; the picture’s themes of class divide and social tension are on par with Lumet’s interest in the working-class of 1960s America. Brooding alongside a dynamic Joanne Woodward and the earthy yet defeated Anna Magnani (Mamma Roma), Brando delivers another in a series of grounded performances aligned with his well-known off-screen sympathies for social justice issues.

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