While the long-promised immigration compromise in Congress continues its "will they, won't they" dance, there's a war brewing between states at the northern and southern borders of the U.S. over a plan to charge a fee per land crossing.
Today in books and publishing: The New York Times' book reviewers are "outsiders"; dispatches from a Borders-less Ann Arbor; Hari Kunzru on American xenophilia; mapping Infinite Jest's Boston; E.L. James tops the charts.
Plus: How to bet on the Nobel Prize in Literature
Plus: Where the Borders business model lost its way
Plus: An appropriate send-off for Borders
Plus: Stephen King's 'Under the Dome' is lined up for the Showtime miniseries treatment
Also, in books: Michiko Kakutani gives Tom Perrotta's new novel a mixed review
It's sad to see a bookstore close forever, but in this case, it's just not that sad
The bookstore could begin liquidation sales at its remaining 400 locations as soon as Friday
Among the reasons: more attractive jobs at home and a shrinking migrant pool
It finds a bidder who also would acquire $220 million in debt
It's just part of the ongoing die-off of '90s entertainment chains
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