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Local library branches, hours, jobs safe for now

Good news: massive proposed budget cuts for all three area library systems have been taken off the table, at least for the moment. A friend writes: Expect to see some smiling librarians today. You will notice a gleeful glint in our cateye glasses, and some cardigans may be thrown open in celebration. Due to a $46.5 million budget restoration, there . . .

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Dunn on boxing & writing

At Guernica, Katherine Dunn talks about One Ring Circus, her new collection of musings on boxing. (Please excuse Twitter dup.)

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LaValle’s next out in August

In a starred review, PW praises (my friend) Victor LaValle’s Big Machine, a “high-stakes mashup of thrilling paranormal and … Ellison’s Invisible Man.”

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