This North Carolina indie bookstore just got a Super Bowl-sized publicity boost.

Yesterday’s slate of Super Bowl commercials can be divided into two heavily-overlapping camps: cringey pop-culture nostalgia garbage fronted by stars you hoped were better than that, and expensive “unify the divided country through capitalism” garbage fronted by stars you hoped were better than that. It was all grimly predictable, but grim nonetheless. One commercial, however, […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-02-08 16:56:30 UTC ]
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