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Author Archives: Brian D. Butler
Indie Bookstore Comedy
The TV comedy Broadway Books released its pilot episode, “The Tipping Point,” on YouTube last month for Independent Bookstore Day. The creators noted that the debut came “after a successful bookstore tour (with stops including the Brooklyn Book Festival, Baltimore’s Atomic Books, & … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadway Books, Comedy, Interpol, Upright Citizens Brigade, YouTube
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Bookstore Tourism: Best Indies in the USA
If you want to start a heated discussion with booklovers ask “what are the best indie bookshops in the U.S.” I have my favorites, but then again I’ve only visited a few hundred. Conde Nast Traveler shared its picks for “the best … Continue reading
France and Canada share a border (really)
Canada and France share a maritime border, despite the ejection of France from North America in the Seven Years’ War. Article 6 of the 1763 Treaty of Paris allowed France to retain the tiny islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon in the … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Cartography, Europe, History, Maps
Tagged Canada, France, Seven Years' War, Treaty of Paris
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Why Do You Write
The late Robert Coover in answer to the question:”Why do you write ?” Because art blows life into the lifeless, death into the deathless. Because art’s life is preferable, in truth, to life’s beautiful terror. Because, as time does not … Continue reading
A rare literary find and more stuff you need to see
A papyrus of part of the Iliad has been discovered in a Roman-era tomb of mummies in Egypt. “The papyrus contains a passage from Book II of Homer’s Iliad, specifically the section known as the ‘Catalogue of Ships’…” from the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, History, Middle East, Writing
Tagged Birds, book publishing, Cinema, Egypt, paperbacks
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Eat Your Way Around the Globe
TasteBuds NYC is a wonderful online series about a guy and his bestie who have made it their mission to eat every type of food in the world without ever leaving New York City. They first choose a single cuisine … Continue reading
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