Black Men Reading is a book club and discussion group dedicated to both literacy and the love of reading. Focusing on titles and topics of particular interest to African-Americans, the group meets weekly to encourage conversation on important social topics."We have to create a place where the images we want and need to see are … Continue reading Black Men Reading

Booksellers on Baghdad's Mutanabi Street were recently hit by a suicide bomber. This is only the latest in a string of attacks on the area, but it strikes at the cultural heart of Iraq. The International Herald Tribune said of the street: "The book market along Mutanabi Street was a throwback to the Baghdad of … Continue reading Mutanabi Street

Moira Manion, a former employee at the Borders store in Minneapolis' Block E, gives a view from inside the soon-to-be-closed store on "Marketplace." You can listen or read the transcript. It's not happy news for anyone who dreams of chucking it all in and working in a bookstore.