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The future of reading / A reading list

by Doug LeMoine on 29 October 2008

I love reading, and I’ve been thinking a lot about how technology is affecting the way that we read now and in the future. I keep thinking about something Sven Birkerts said in a 1998 interview with Harpers: “If you touch all parts of the globe, you can’t do that and then turn around and [...]

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Futures / Literary books, small presses, & technology

by Doug LeMoine on 27 October 2008

Last weekend, I had an unlikely opportunity: I was invited to sit on a panel that discussed the future of small literary presses, non-profit publishing, and  —  in general  —  books that took place at Coffee House Press in Minneapolis. I love books, reading, and non-corporate media, so I jumped at the chance to talk about this stuff in [...]

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