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Noun
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Being able to pass the time reading without dealing with bulky paperbacks is a major improvement.—
Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2026
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This is not to say that all trade paperbacks are unserious or undeserving of coverage.— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Might seem like an outlier in the current array of articles and books about open marriages and polyamory, and at first glance the line of distinction between the two worlds, much like the division between blue and white tickets, seems almost old-fashioned.— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
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But friends and colleagues remembered him as someone who had a deep love not only for journalism, but for sports, history, travel, books and, of course, his family.— Michael Collins, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
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Whitney, a formidable collector of vintage tomes and 19th- and 20th-century European painting, inherited many of the items in his rare book collection from his mother, the poet Helen Hay Whitney.— News Desk, Artforum, 21 Apr. 2026
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This January, many such tomes on my shelves suddenly seemed to have offered all along nothing more than obfuscation, the opposite of illumination.— Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
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