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Hooked on Phonics

From Planes Flying Over a Monster, which was published last month by Catapult. Translated by Christina MacSweeney. The Grande Bibliothèque is an enormous glass edifice that stands opposite the Berri–UQAM…

Living Animals

by William H. Gass,

We shall not understand what a book is, and why a book has the value many persons have, and is even less replaceable than a person, if we forget how…

Animal House

From a city-council meeting in White Settlement, Texas, in July 2016. The previous month, the council had voted to evict Browser, a cat who had lived in the local library…

On Not Being Well Read

by John Crowley,

I loved reading before I could read. I have a distinct memory — yes, our memories are subject to lapses and improvisations, but this one has been around so long I…