{"id":2754,"date":"2011-06-12T17:19:05","date_gmt":"2011-06-12T23:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2754"},"modified":"2011-06-12T17:19:05","modified_gmt":"2011-06-12T23:19:05","slug":"why-secondhand-bookstores-are-addicting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2754","title":{"rendered":"Why Secondhand Bookstores Are Addicting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Science can explain. It’s all chemicals<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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And for my librarian friends: if you work at a college or university and have to teach first-year students how to use the library, can you explain\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"scholarship\"","block_context":{"text":"scholarship","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=scholarship"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/haunted-archives.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/haunted-archives.png?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/haunted-archives.png?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":300,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=300","url_meta":{"origin":2754,"position":5},"title":"So you want to work\u2026","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"November 2, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"So you want to work in a bookstore? 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