The invention of God
How the god of desert nomads became the God of half of humanity
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Toronto and KC librarians trash talk each other’s baseball teams
Librarians have created baseball #BookSpinePoetry
The Bibliopod: Family, food and Fifty Shades, the sequel
Listen to the latest episode of The Bibliopod
Way back when the Greeks had it right
Book review: Josiah Ober’s take on economic and political equality in ancient Greece
The Screech Owls skate off the ice
After 20 years and 30 books, the author of the beloved kids’ series thinks he’s done
‘Little Women’ 2.0: The classics take over YouTube
Like many literary heroes, the March sisters have found a 21st-century audience online
You have to see these libraries. (But shh—people are reading.)
Books may be under siege, but these odd, charming libraries are taking them to the Earth’s farthest corners
The strange history of hair removal
Rebecca Herzig tracks the growing American antipathy towards body hair
Terry Pratchett will never actually die
Terry Pratchett, who wrote more than 70 books, may be best remembered for his Discworld series
Kazuo Ishiguro goes back in time
Ishiguro’s long-awaited novel explores new terrain—and not just because of the ogres