Proulx papers. NYPL acquires.
the internet isn't killing anything. No, not even books.
Christian Swinehart's epic Choose Your Own Adventure visualizations. These are lovely and amazing.

Theme Park Maps through the ages. Great ephemera site. And proof that collections need not be costly to be cool.

Please – no preferential treatment. Isaac Asimov is so cool.

MA Gov Suggests State Library May Close. Um. Yeah. So bad.
Edmund Wilson's all-purpose "get lost" letter. This is just too friggin awesome.

Books have stalled. “Book mechanic” Michael Turner explaining how books are like rotary phones.
A LITTLE NIGHT READING. Pondering the impact of new technologies and the internet on the ability to maintain sustained reading and attention.
Book Review: "The Case for Books". Makes me want to read this Robert Darnton collection.
Unfurling: Isabel Rucker's 400-foot-long graphic novel scroll. [...]

Mark Twain, illuminated. Mark Twain with Tesla Coil. No not a title of post-modern still life.