Banned books photo: Friday
Friday’s photo from Capitol Hill’s East City Bookshop, highlighting Banned Book Week 2026.
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Banned book photo: Thursday
Thursday’s photos from People’s Book in Takoma Park, highlighting Banned Book Week 2026.
Banned books photo: Wednesday
Wednesday’s photos from Bards Alley in Vienna, VA, highlighting Banned Book Week 2026.
Banned books photo: Tuesday
Tuesday’s photo from Old Town Books in Alexandria, highlighting Banned Book Week 2026.
A Saturday grab bag: The 2026 Autumnal Equinox edition
Links to stories and music from a few writers and musicians I follow who have important things to say.
An eternal struggle
Every advance in equality must contend with forces of reaction. America is an eternal struggle.
Exploring DC’s independent bookshops: A Labor Day update
An update on my visits to all 30 independent bookshops in the Washington, DC region.
A belated farewell to “A Dark and Stormy Night”
All celebrations of bad opening sentences must, alas, come to an end.
Summer reading . . . check!
The good folks at Wonderland Books provided some structure for my summer reads.
Stories that resonate
Claire Keegan’s stories about women and men is a potent work I found in East City Book Shop.
