David Lynch’s 5 favorite books include these surprising beach reads!

lol. jk. My dude has never been to the beach. Dave’s actual Top 5 list (according to Far Out magazine) is, of course, a throughly Lynchian quintet of unheimlich surrealism, existentialist historical fiction, disturbing found photography, hundred-year-old art criticism, and auteur biography. Each of the below titles can now be found on the shelves of Silencio, […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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Children's Books in China 2017: Juvenile & Children Reading Experience Wonderland: A New Business Model

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‘Americanah’ Wins Inaugural One Book, One New York Reading Program

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A Citizen's Survival Guide to the Trumpian Era: 5 Books on Media and Government

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