quote [ Officials are managing an influx of tourists coming to see ?Idiom,? a seemingly infinite tunnel of books by the artist Matej Krén, at the Municipal Library ]

quote [ A century ago, an aspiring actress published a remarkable autobiography. She made up most of it. ]

quote [ Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical. ]

quote [ Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it ]

quote [ The story of how and line learned to adapt and get the girl ]

quote [ This luxurious collection of Persian poetry sank to the bottom of the ocean in 1912. ]

quote [ Authors are being hit by negative reviews on Goodreads before review copies are even circulated, with the review site allegedly failing to remove reviews.  ]

quote [ A summer reading guide included made-up books by real authors. ]

quote [ Grace Marsceau promised to pack A Million Lives event. Authors arrived to empty rooms, unpaid bills and no decor ]

quote [ Jackie Snow reflects on what working for a books-to-prisons nonprofit has taught her about reading. ]