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Book Post @bookpostusa.bsky.social · Nov 22

Hi new followers! ICYMI, we are Book Post, a by-subscription book review delivery service, bringing snack-sized book reviews by distinguished and engaging writers direct to paying subscribers’ in-boxes. Sign up here (you can also subscribe to our free Diary and Notebook posts): books.substack.com

Book Post | Ann Kjellberg | Substack

Bite-sized book reviews by distinguished and engaging writers, direct to readers‘ in boxes. Editor Ann Kjellberg is a multi-decade veteran of The New York Review of Books and founder of the literary m...

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Book Post @bookpostusa.bsky.social · 46m

“For all his urbanity and charm, Buckley helped pave the way for much that is dark, destructive, and resentment-driven in the politics of our day.” –James Fallows on a new biography of William F. Buckley

Read here → books.substack.com/p/review-jam...

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Review: James Fallows on William F. Buckley, Jr.

A life of urbanity and charm, that paved the way for much that is dark and destructive in our time

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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 3h

Nice!

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2025 is awarded to the Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 15h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Rutgers Expert on Antifa Flees to Spain After Receiving Death Threats

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Book Post @bookpostusa.bsky.social · 1d

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Folger Theatre: Julius X

Al Letson harmonizes with Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" in his retelling of the story, "Julius X: A Re-envisioning of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare."

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Libro.fm @libro.fm · 28d

Some big news from us today 🥰 We are officially a Certified B Corp! 🎉
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In 2014, Libro.fm was founded to empower readers to support their indie with audiobooks. As a Social Purpose Corporation and 100% employee-owned company, we’ve always made decisions that benefit this mission. (1/3)

We're now a certified B Corp. Hi! We’re Libro.fm, the audiobook company that shares profits with independent bookshops around the globe.

As a Social Purpose Corporation and employee-owned company, we’ve always made decisions that benefit our mission of supporting independent bookshops—even if they conflict with financial interests.

And now as a Certified B Corp, we’re all the more committed to meeting high standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency, to help build a better world for all.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 4d

I am a fan of Book Post, the newsletter run by Ann Kjellberg.

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Glad to have a review in their latest issue, on the Tanenhaus / Buckley bio.

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Book Post | Ann Kjellberg | Substack

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 2d

A Compact for Control:
No self-respecting institution of higher education should accept the Trump administration’s unconstitutional terms, Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg write.
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A Compact for Control (opinion)

No self-respecting institution of higher education should accept the Trump administration’s unconstitutional terms, Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg write.

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Book Post @bookpostusa.bsky.social · 2d

All the Goyas, vermouth from a spigot (✍🏼)

Book Post @bookpostusa.bsky.social · 2d

Nick Offerman will be at The Berry Center, our Fall 2025 bookselling partner, on October 11 😍

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Book Post @bookpostusa.bsky.social · 2d

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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 4d

Are any of your favorite books on the banned list?

EveryLibrary’s Banned Book Database

Are any of your favorite books on the banned list?

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Book Post @bookpostusa.bsky.social · 2d

Fantastic news! John Maher’s perspicacity has been visible to us since he wrote us up in our early days www.nytco.com/press/john-m... bookmarks.reviews/wit-wisdom-a...

John Maher Is Joining the Book Review | The New York Times Company

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Book Post @bookpostusa.bsky.social · 2d

It is #BannedBooksWeek.

“Giving a child a book is like giving them a paper flower that opens when dropped into their mind, or building a window into the walls we have made around ourselves.”

Read our Notebook: The Book Givers, from our archive, here → books.substack.com/p/notebook-t...

Notebook: The Book Givers

Tennessee is giving away a million books this summer to all their public school first and second graders. The nourishing work of the book givers.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 3d

We have the right to read what we want, no matter what politicians or school officials say.

Let us know what your favorite banned book is below. 📚

Yellow graphic with photos of books falling in the background. Text on the graphic reads: "Happy Banned Books Week! To celebrate, we’re going to: Read our favorite banned book, Defend freedom of speech in schools, Show appreciation for librarians and educators, Remind our community how books allow us to learn about new perspectives, experiences, and places, Get another banned book from our local library"

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Joan Miró @joanmiro.bsky.social · 18d

Landscape with Snake https://www.wikiart.org/en/joan-miro/landscape-with-snake

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Book Post @bookpostusa.bsky.social · 5d

John Banville’s latest novel, Venetian Vespers, will be released by Knopf (@aaknopf.bsky.social) on Tuesday!

Check out his recent Book Post review of The Forbidden Experiment by Roger Shattuck (@nyrb-imprints.bsky.social) on our site → books.substack.com/p/review-joh...

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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 5d

Voice of America stops broadcasting during US government shutdown: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/u...

Voice of America Stops All Broadcasting After Government Shuts Down

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ACLU @aclu.org · 6d

Journalists should never have to fear government retaliation for reporting on government activity, and showing up to work shouldn't result in your family being torn apart.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 6d

Mario had the right to work and report in the U.S. at the time he was arrested for livestreaming a protest in June.

He was held for over 100 days in ICE detention, and he did not have the chance to say goodbye to his family in person before being deported.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 6d

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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Anne Trubek @atrubek.bsky.social · 7d

Let's play "how many books do you have in the Anthropic settlement"? I have 4. I bet some of you have many many more than that secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

Submit a Claim

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Book Post @bookpostusa.bsky.social · 7d

“What is it to be human?” asks John Banville in his new review of Roger Shattuck’s The Forbidden Experiment, “That is, what is it that separates us from the other animals?”

Shattuck’s book about the “Wild Boy of Aveyron" brings up these questions and more. →
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Review: John Banville, Roger Shattuck and the “Wild Boy of Aveyron“

The forest boy who challenged enlightenment tenets about what it means to be human

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Book Post @bookpostusa.bsky.social · 8d

Playground was released in paperback with W. W. Norton today, so we’ve unlocked this piece by Joy Williams on Richard Powers’ thrilling and affecting novel The Overstory →
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