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I forgot to post this for this morning, so the link roundup will happen in the afternoon today.

This interview with Mo’Nique offers a look into what it’s like to be a black woman in Hollywood.

Perfect pink kitchen.

A sportswriter and a professional athlete had a conversation on Twitter.

Oh, Tinder.

Our boyfriend Channing deserves an Oscar.

I was intrigued by this profile of Columba Bush.

For 20 years, Columba Bush anticipated the day she would have to answer one big question: Would she support her husband, Jeb Bush, if he decided to run for president?

Last summer and fall, as she wrestled with whether to say yes, her sense of duty was mixed with dread.

Born in Mexico, she had married into a famously political American family and had always been an outsider: a prayerful Roman Catholic, a sensitive loner and lover of the arts who still speaks in heavily accented English. As Florida’s first lady, she had arranged Mass in the governor’s mansion and endured weeks of bad press for a European shopping spree. She blamed politics for friction in her marriage and as a factor in her daughter’s drug addiction. A run for the White House would expose her to the spotlight as never before.

Memories, hazy, choking memories. Those were the days.

Excellent music/video.

There is good news for American independent bookstores. What is your favorite independent bookstore? Share in the comments. I love hearing about great bookstores.

In the United States, independent bookstores have rebounded strongly from the financial crisis, increasing their numbers by 27 percent since 2009, according to data from the American Booksellers Association. The group’s chief executive, Oren Teicher, said American indie bookshops have filled the vacuum left by big box bookstores like Borders (which went out of business in 2011) and Barnes & Noble (which has closed hundreds of stores). They have also capitalized on a spirit of localism and urban renewal that is coursing through some American cities. “The enthusiasm and optimism is pretty staggering,” Mr. Teicher said. “Despite all the quantum leaps in technology, the fact is nothing beats a physical, bricks-and-mortar store to discover books that you didn’t know about.”

 

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