Critical Lovemaking, by Mika Seifert Fiction [email protected] Thu, 02/13/2025 - 14:50 Photo by Jamez Picard / Unsplash Whether you celebrate or lament Valentine’s Day, here’s a new story of love’s demise.The Critic had a new girlfriend. He had met her at a Barnes and Noble, the one on Union Square, where they had both reached for the last copy of Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past. Their hands had met, and then their eyes. There had been a shuffling of feet, an exchange of fluttering words. Unknowable things had aligned themselves, with the result that the Critic was now very much in love. That same day the Critic, in his weekly column, called Leif Samuelson’s latest novel “a triumph, the work of a visionary, nothing short of stunning.” This new love in his life had already produced in the Critic the kinds of changes he routinely observed in others, and which he had lived in mortal fear of, to wit: a tendency to meet obstacles with a certain amount of cockeyed optimism, a growing appreciation of the sky and nature in general, and the alarming habit of window shopping. “Stefano de Leon’s movie is powerful and uplifting,” the Critic wrote. “It succeeds in breathtaking fashion.”The Critic was particularly fond of the girlfriend’s nose, especially when he looked at it in profile. He was taken, also, by her hair, which he thought ranked among the best heads of hair he had yet seen. Finally, he loved the grace and dignity... Continue reading at 'World Literature Today'
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Albert Barnes believed in the liberating power of art—but you had to look at it his way. Continue reading at The Atlantic
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Revenue rose 2.1% in the third quarter at B&NE, with the college bookstore turning a net loss last year into a profit in the most recent period. Still, long term profitability remains elusive. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Read with Jenna selects the latest novel by Laila Lalami, Barnes & Noble and Reese Witherspoon both highlight Clare Leslie Hall's U.S. debut, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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March Madness, book-nerd style. Plus: a new documentary for grammar geeks, Barnes & Noble employees ratify union deal, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot
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Tuesday’s top sessions include a keynote address on current business models and future prospects in academic and professional publishing, a conversation between Hachette’s David Shelley and Barnes & Noble’s James Daunt, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Hachette Book Group has laid off an unspecified number of employees who joined the company at the end of last year following HBG’s purchase of Union Square & Co. from Barnes & Noble. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The Waterstones CEO took over leadership of Barnes & Noble as well in September 2019, and after guiding the retailer through the pandemic is now overseeing a growth spurt. The CEO expects to open about 60 new outlets in 2025—a figure that would bring the total number of stores to about 700. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Read with Jenna and Barnes & Noble spotlight Emma Knight's debut novel, Oprah's Book Club celebrates the 20th anniversary of Eckhart Tolle's 'A New Earth,' and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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BookTok, Barnes & Noble's big moves, the NYT's best-of-the-century list, and more of the biggest news of the year. Continue reading at Book Riot
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Barnes & Noble acquired Sterling in 2003, and it was rebranded as Union Square & Co. in January 2022 at the direction of B&N CEO James Daunt. Emily Meehan will continue to head Union Square, which will become part of HBG's Grand Central Publishing Group. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union organized a rally outside the Barnes & Noble flagship store in New York City’s Union Square on November 14 in an effort to push the company into resolving disagreement on wages and reaching a contract with workers by the end of the year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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There are really two types of ereaders: Dedicated ebook/audiobook devices or slabs that are more akin to small tablets with E Ink screens. In the first category, the competition is really between Amazon’s Kindle devices and Rakuten’s Kobo readers. Ereaders in the latter group include entries... Continue reading at Engadget
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No Man’s Mare by Djuna Barnes Pauvla Agrippa had died that afternoon at three; now she lay with quiet hands crossed a little below her fine breast with its transparent skin showing the veins as filmy as old lace, purple veins that were now only a system of charts indicating the pathways where... Continue reading at Electric Literature
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PW and Barnes & Noble kick off Best Books of the Year season, the NYT looks at the best new releases of November, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot
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Barnes & Noble names their best nonfiction books of 2024, Taylor Swift's upcoming Eras Tour book, and more nonfiction news this week. Continue reading at Book Riot
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Plus, Barnes & Noble shares its best books of the year. (We can all agree this is too early for that, right?) Continue reading at Book Riot
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