Afternoon Bites: Jim Ruland Fiction, Isle McElroy’s Novel, Revisiting John McPhee, and More

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Feel like reading new fiction by Jim Ruland?

The Brooklyn Book Festival’s Bookend events are taking place all week long.

Workers at Half Price Books have a union campaign going on.

At Identity Theory, thoughts on An Angel is a Kind of Ghost by Amy Jannotti.

Jeff Jarvis wrote about what he got wrong about the future of books.

At the New York Times, thoughts on Isle McElroy’s People Collide.

Delving into the expansive bibliography of John McPhee.

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