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Former Penn Book Center closes for good, coronavirus ends 60-year run in West Philly

My Free Library: Why I love South Philly’s Charles Santore branch
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10 underrated Philly books to devour in the quarantine era

She was told not to open a Black-owned bookstore in Fishtown. She’s doing it anyway.

Penn Book Center has a new name: People’s Books & Culture

How Toni Morrison inspired a Philly woman’s black bookstore on Instagram

Penn Book Center stays open: Indie bookstore won’t shut down as planned

Defying the Amazon onslaught, Philly publisher opens bookstore in Kensington

Who wants to buy Penn Book Center? Owners are taking offers

Students are ‘tearing down the walls’ to get to Fairmount’s new library

Shakespeare & Co. bookstore and cafe is now open in Rittenhouse

Pennsylvania prisons terminating book donations amid ‘drug crisis’

This Philly Uber driver challenges people to ‘carpool karaoke’ and posts the results online
