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Can This Little Bookstore Save a Rust-Belt Town?

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By Will Bardenwerper
| The Free Press Verified
Can This Little Bookstore Save a Rust-Belt Town? BookMarx is an independent bookstore in Ohio that’s helping revitalize the local community through events, book clubs, and shared literary gatherings. (Courtesy of the author) Steubenville once had steel mills, department stores, and packed downtown streets. Today, a tiny bookstore is trying to re-create some of what the city has lost. “I love Poe!” a teenage girl exclaimed, racing toward a shelf of Edgar Allan Poe volumes.
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Wiping out 40 sources of small-town joy for ‘efficiency’

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By Will Bardenwerper
| Washington Post Opinions Verified
Wiping out 40 sources of small-town joy for ‘efficiency’ (washingtonpost.com) Wiping out 40 sources of small-town joy for ‘efficiency’ By Will Bardenwerper 2025112011302200 As a D.C. native and lifelong Capitals fan now living in Penguins country, this November's game in Pittsburgh jumped out at me for the chance to see one of the final matchups between future Hall of Famers Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby.
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New library books

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By Adam Chandler, Yoni Appelbaum Verified, Will Bardenwerper, Sarah Jones
| The Journal Gazette Verified
These works on social classes and economic disparity are newly available through the Allen County Public Library. “99% Perspiration: A New Working History of the American Way of Life” by Adam Chandler An engaging exploration of the myth of American self-reliance examines how the obsession with hard work and individual success distorts reality, deepens inequality and overlooks the importance of community, historical privilege and systemic factors in shaping achievement.
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