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Poston reviews Kaufmann and Robles

Saturday Review: “The Speech of the Place,” a review by David E. Poston of Britt Kaufmann’s Midlife Calculus and Tony Robles’s Where the Warehouse Things Are in NCLR Online Winter 2026

Independent Bookstore Day!

Friday from the Archives: “The Magic of a Reading Place of My Own” an essay by Emöke B’Rácz and “City Lights Bookstore and Cafe” an essay by Nina L. Anderson from NCLR 1993 and 1996

by Layla Hope, intern

What better way to celebrate Independent Bookstore Day than by looking back at stories that show why books, and the places we get them from, matter.

Neill reviews Baldwin

Saturday Review: “The Interrogating Partiality: Questioning as a Path Toward the Whole Truth” a review by Sterling Neill of Carol Baldwin’s Half-Truths (2025) in NCLR Online Winter 2026

The Deep Attention of Poetry

During this brief meditation on Violet, my breathing has slowed down, my shoulders have relaxed, and frankly I have forgotten myself completely. 

Bro reviews Crawford

Saturday Review: “Timelessness and Human Connection” a review by Lisa Wenger Bro of The Miniaturist’s Assistant by Katherine Scott Crawford in NCLR Online Winter 2026 

The Mark of a Hometown

Friday from the Archives: “I Know 8000 Lunatics: Confessions of an Apple Stealing SOB” essay by Michael Parker from NCLR 1993 volume I number 2

by Axel Snyder, Intern

How many of us have a perfect relationship with our hometown?

Bennett reviews Starck

Saturday Review: “Virtually Real,” a review by Barbara Bennett of Lindsay Starck’s Monsters We Have Made (2024), in NCLR Online Winter 2026