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Issue 103: Reading in the age of digital abundance

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Some thoughts on fighting consumer overload

The day before Christmas my husband and I snuck away to grab coffee and do a quick bookstore visit while visiting family in St. Louis. We went to Left Bank Books — the oldest indie bookstore in the city. The place is everything you want in a bookstore — a thoughtfully curated collection of new releases and backlisted titles, a staff of actual readers, a downstairs department dedicated entirely to used books, an impressive LGBTQIA+ section,1 and last but definitely not least, a chill resident cat that was totally and completely aware of its own celebrity status. Honestly, they’ve earned their…

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