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Libraries under threat (This week in books)

September 4, 2026 by Nathan Bransford Leave a Comment

This week! Books! Out of Circulation: Expanding Censorship in Public Libraries – PEN America – A new report from PEN America details the extent to which libraries are under unprecedented threat due to censorship challenges and librarian harassment, arguing the role of public libraries as essential democratic institutions is in “extreme jeopardy.” New Study Analyzes […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.O. Scott, AAP, Adam Hochschild, Authors Guild, Eliot Brown, Gloria Steinem, Hachette, Jéssica Dutra, Joel Pinckney, Jonathan Franzen, Katharine Q. Seelye, Lexi Pandell, Libraries, Novellas, Pangram, Parul Sehgal, PEN America, Rachel Cusk, Robert D. McFadden, Robert Stoner, Ron Charles, Sam Spratford, Todd Johnson, Wendell Berry

RIP Dolly Parton, storyteller and literacy champion (This week in books)

August 28, 2026 by Nathan Bransford 1 Comment

This week! Books! Dolly Parton, Superstar Whose Songs Spoke to Millions, Dies at 80 (gift link) – Bill Friskics-Warren, New York Times – Dolly Parton’s greatness was just about the only thing this country could agree upon, and it was particularly devastating to lose her during such a fractured time. Of course she looms largest […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: AI, Amazon, Bill Friskics-Warren, Copyright, Dolly Parton, Elise Broach, Emanuel Maiberg, Emily St. Martin, Greta Rainbow, Holland Cotter, Joanne O'Sullivan, Josh Marshall, Meg Mason, Natalie Portman, Peter Grainger, Rachel Cusk, Sarah Lyall, Tressie McMillan Cottom

Amazon destroying rare books to train AI (This week in books)

August 21, 2026 by Nathan Bransford 1 Comment

This week! Books! Okay now we really are in the dog days of publishing summer. But I still have some good links for you! First up, back by popular demand, I’ll once again be hosting office hours on September 3 at 9pm ET / 6pm PT. In order to join, you need to be a […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: AI, Alexandra Alter, Amazon, Ann Duan, Anna Silman, Anthropic, Cara Giaimo, Emanuel Maiberg, Jason Koebler, Jeff Jarvis, Natalie Portman, Rachel Cusk, Science

A.I. comes for the book world (This week in books)

July 12, 2024 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! First up, some very distressing news regarding two famous authors. The late Alice Munro’s daughter Andrea Robin Skinner published an essay about how Munro stood by Skinner’s stepfather even after he admitted to sexually abusing Skinner. Nearly as distressing as that, all of this was more or less an open secret among […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: A.I., Alice Munro, Andrea Long Chu, Andrew Schenker, Caspar David Friedrichs, Cassandra Jenkins, Elisabeth Egan, Emily Henry, Fitzcarraldo Editions, Grayson Haver Currin, Inkitt, Jacques Testard, John Grisham, Kate McKean, Neil Gaiman, R.O. Kwon, Rachel Cusk, Rebecca Ackermann, Rebecca Mead, Ryan Lackey, Zachary Fine

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