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Joe Miller Contributing Writer My neighborhood bookstore in D.C. sells a T-shirt bearing the slogan “The Book Was Better.” The unspoken “better than” is, of course, a film or TV adaptation of the book ...

Village Books on Mitchell Street, opened by Dr. Lakeysha Hallmon, offers a diverse selection of Black authors and fosters ...