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New York Times’ Book Review chooses National Book Award Winner Redeployment and National Book Award Finalists Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? and All the Light We Cannot See for their Ten Best Books of the Year!
CONGRATULATIONS PHIL KLAY, ROZ CHAST, and ANTHONY DOERR!

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“ I feel like the word catharsis comes up a lot when you’re talking about the process of writing your book. Was any part of it cathartic?
For me, it was a way of remembering—not really catharsis. To me, catharsis is—you kind of get rid of it. And I... — **I feel like the word catharsis comes up a lot when you’re talking about the process of writing your book. Was any part of it cathartic?**
For me, it was a way of remembering—not really catharsis. To me, catharsis is—you kind of get rid of it. And I wanted to remember it. I wanted to remember my parents, remember what they sounded like and what the experience was like.
More from Cartoonist Roz Chast’s interview with Matt McCann about her graphic memoir *Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?–* a Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction– here.

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gangler

Barnes and Nobles is gonna start serving food and alcohol.

Everybody’s cracking jokes about how it’s a desperate attempt to stay relevant in the age of Amazon.

But you know what? Props to them. This is exactly what Blockbuster didn’t do. At no point was Blockbuster like “Hey, movie rentals aren’t the lucrative enterprise they once were. Perhaps it’s time we become known for our cheesy garlic bread.”

patrexes

that’s a fantastic plan, honestly? i would 100% go sit at a bookshop, buy a glass of wine, and pick up the newest biography. 50/50 i’d decide to buy it after a couple chapters, and even if i don’t, that’s still money i spent at B&N!

charlesoberonn

They could host book clubs with food and drinks where one of the employees shares their experiences with a book of their choice and tries to convince the guests to buy it.

themadcapmathematician

Barnes and noble realizing the only reason people go to brick and mortar stores is for the experience and access to an enjoyable physical space they can socialize in (sure isnt for the price) and capitalizing on that is a stroke of genius and a really refreshing approach to the dilemma of competing with online stores

Source: gangler