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July 2nd, 2008

NPR site expanding book coverage

Just when newspaper book sections are contracting, National Public Radio is expanding book coverage. Kind of reminiscent of foreign news, eh? Same pattern. NPR’s new reviewers include

Bookslut’s Jessa Crispin.
John Freeman , former president of the National Book Critics Circle (link leads to his comments on newspaper book sections).
Laurel Maury, a comic and graphic novel reviewer who has worked for PW Comics Weekly.

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