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Theadora Soter writes: “To begin bridging the gap between the public and University of Utah Marriott Library’s rare books collection, we reached out to Bookish SLC, a social reading group that participates in silent, group reading all around the city. Together, we decided that the Bookish October 2025 meeting would be held at the University of Utah. With logistics in place, we turned to the heart of the event—the books themselves. As a relatively new curator, I spent considerable time crafting a selection that would be both seasonally spooky and representative of the collection’s breadth.”
TPS Collective, Oct. 12
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nickb writes: “There are not many computer file formats I would trust to still be readable 50 years from now, but plain text is one of them. That may sound like faint praise. A text file cannot embed a spreadsheet, preserve elaborate page layouts, run a presentation, or provide many of the conveniences we expect from modern applications. What it does instead is store text in one of the simplest and most widely understood forms in computing, and that simplicity is a large part of why it has lasted.”
Dead Parrot BBS, Oct. 4
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Jill Lawless, Hillel Italie, and Kostya Manenkov write: “Canadian poet, essayist, and translator Anne Carson won the Nobel Prize in literature October 8 for ‘bold and inventive’ works that fuse the classical and the modern and blur the boundaries of poetry and prose. The Toronto-born Carson, 76, has drawn on themes from classical Greek and Roman literature, modern influences, and personal experience for genre-blending titles that have ranged from translations of ancient Greek poets to collaborations with dancers and musicians, including Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed.”
Associated Press, Oct. 8
