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  1. New post: Haruki Murakami Bingo by Grant Snider bit.ly/KnF40x #Books about 6 hours ago via Casual Optimist
  2. RT @parisreview: I find a frightful compulsion towards truth these days. And the truth is, I don’t know – John le Carré bit.ly/JXnr3D about 8 hours ago via Flipboard
  3. How Germany Keeps Amazon at Bay and Literary Culture Alive zite.to/L6FPe2 about 13 hours ago via Zite
  4. New post: Something for the Weekend bit.ly/LRcxLF #Books about 14 hours ago via Casual Optimist
  5. Beautiful book design by wang zhi hong: ow.ly/bhtiU (via @coudal) 1:40 PM May 31st via HootSuite
  6. So great: @alexismadrigal on the real / fake magazines used in Blade Runner: ow.ly/bgQKP 7:41 AM May 31st via HootSuite
  7. Toronto Type: signage, lettering and type around the Tdot: ow.ly/bgOZJ (via @ucllc) 7:28 AM May 31st via HootSuite
  8. RT @chasbrock: The Sacred Wisdom of the American Indians designed by Allan Sommerville up at Faceout Books. bit.ly/LGmuMw #bookdesign 1:19 PM May 30th via HootSuite
  9. New post: Midweek Miscellany bit.ly/KX6XXl #Books 1:04 PM May 30th via Casual Optimist
  10. Lovely new jacket design by Ben Wiseman for The Collective by Don Lee: tmblr.co/Zk0UrxMQIWuf @wwnorton 7:42 AM May 30th via HootSuite
  11. New post: Bill Moggridge: The Design of Service and Education bit.ly/LPTHYG #Design 9:40 AM May 29th via Casual Optimist
  12. The Cosmic Menagerie: @magicsbook on the first fictional space aliens: ow.ly/bdheL 5:51 AM May 29th via HootSuite
  13. Long Before The Internet, The Linotype Sped Up The News : NPR zite.to/K6f21P 7:11 PM May 28th via Zite
  14. Author Luc Sante and designer Barbara deWilde talk about the jacket design for Low Life at Talking Covers: ow.ly/bcm9X 10:45 AM May 28th via HootSuite
  15. RT @dandq: Dan Clowes covers the science fiction issue of the NEW YORKER! fb.me/23mizv9Xj 7:36 AM May 28th via HootSuite
  16. Dan X. Solo, Type Revivalist Dies zite.to/MQ8qEZ 5:22 PM May 26th via Zite
  17. RT @LDN: London’s top brutalist buildings LDN.in/XZHwyk 9:22 AM May 26th via Flipboard
  18. Father's Day: Another smart Blown Covers winner: RT @theaccidentalop: Photo: blowncovers: tmblr.co/Zk0UrxM7Ql_g 12:55 PM May 25th via HootSuite
  19. New post: Something for the Weekend bit.ly/JBPmuy #Books 6:59 AM May 25th via Casual Optimist
  20. @ingodwetrustnyc Thx for the RT. :-) 11:37 AM May 24th via HootSuite in reply to InGodWeTrustNYC