This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss cool old books, new toys for ICE, and Flamin’ Hot Slop.
SAM: On the podcast last week, we had what I thought was a pretty nuanced and interesting conversation about the “rare books” discourse (although I’m biased; listen and let me know). I mentioned this in the episode but it all makes me think about all the rare books I’ve bought over the years — these are rare by any definition of the word in that they’re usually limited or out of print and I got them through used book sellers online where only one copy was often available.
When my book launched a few years ago, I started a very short-lived Substack blog to write about some of the behind the scenes stuff happening around publication. One of those posts is a bibliography, including a lot of the books I sourced and references for my own.
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