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Sample new novels online

Penguin ebook Tasters allow readers to sample the first chapter of books — including Zoë Heller’s The Believers — before they buy.

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A Public Space #6

The latest issue of A Public Space includes contributions from Dubravka Ugresic, Keith Lee Morris, Peter Orner, & Nam Le.

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This Perpetual Flight, a Woolf exhibit, opens Sept. 16

“This Perpetual Fight: Love and Loss in Virginia Woolf’s Intimate Circle” assembles manuscripts, letters, inscribed books, and photos — some never before been exhibited publicly — from collections across the country. Curated by Sarah Funke and William Beekman, the exhibit examines how Woolf’s life and art were influenced by her friends, and how their experiences resonate in her greatest literary . . .

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Palin’s library policies

While mayor of Wasilla, “the Bible Belt of Alaska,” Sarah Palin sought to ban library books that offended religious voters. (Via.)

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