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13 Nov

An Urgent Request From ABFFE President Chris Finan

Dear Booksellers,

Congressman Bernie Sanders needs your help today. He is trying to win approval for an amendment that denies funds for conducting searches of bookstore and library records under the USA Patriot Act.

Although Sanders initially failed to get this amendment added to the Justice Department's appropriations bill in July, he was successful in attaching it to another spending measure. He is now trying to make sure that the amendment is included in the final appropriations bill that is negotiated with the Senate.

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12 Nov

In Memory of Bookseller Steve Richards

By Kelly Justice of the Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, Virginia

As I head into this holiday season, I'm doing it without the guidance, support, and expertise of one of the best booksellers with whom I've ever had the privilege of sharing a stool behind a counter. Steve Richards passed away suddenly from a brain infection on October 21, and the bookstore's owners and I and the rest of the crew of the Fountain Bookstore are devastated at this unexpected loss.

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12 Nov

Swedish Novel Explores Youthful Friendship & '60s Culture

Vittula, as Mikael Niemi explains in his first adult novel, is short for Vittulajanka, a district located in the Swedish village of Pajala. It's a place where the winters are long, cold, and dark. But it's also a place where the joys of being a teenager burn vividly.

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12 Nov

Wisconsin Bookstore's Fight for Free Speech Victorious

On Thursday, November 6, Madison, Wisconsin's Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative and a local newsweekly were able to convince Madison Area Technical College (MATC) to reverse its decision to impose restrictions on a speaking event about the Middle East, featuring noted writer and University of Chicago researcher Ali Abunimah. MATC had attempted to limit the scope of the talk and to deny Rainbow's request to sell books in conjunction with the event after some residents protested the talk due to Abunimah's pro-Palestinian point-of-view.

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