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“The core element of literature is what? It’s a used, worn copy of a book. So nothing can beat that,” Laszlo Jakab Orsos, the festival’s director told Reuters. “These books are going to be on the nightstands until they disappear.” (via Rushdie’s Reading List for The Standard Hotel - BlackBook)

“The core element of literature is what? It’s a used, worn copy of a book. So nothing can beat that,” Laszlo Jakab Orsos, the festival’s director told Reuters. “These books are going to be on the nightstands until they disappear.”

(via Rushdie’s Reading List for The Standard Hotel - BlackBook)

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    looks like i have a lot of reading to catch up on
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    Portnoy’s Complaint? REALLY? I guess it’ll help...bed since there’s an entire chapter...
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    I work above the Housing Works bookstore and a significant amount of the books in my collection are their ‘gently used’...
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