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"A collection of short stories sharing the lows and highs, sorrows and joys, sobs and guffaws of holy and holey matrimony.". Enter to win a copy of Gary Buslik's (@rottenperson) "Champagne and Sour Grapes" from @RunWildBooks

Do you share any books with him? Have you read his work? #ErnestHemingway

Today is the birthday of American author Ernest Hemingway, who won the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for "The Old Man and the Sea," and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. His personal library of over 7,000 volumes has been cataloged on LibraryThing as one of our Legacy Libraries.

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@susanwiggs Come take a look at the latest edition of State of the Thing—there's lots to read and enjoy!

@susanwiggs Finally, we covered as much award news as we could, including the awards given out by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, and this year's winner of the German Nonfiction Book Prize.

@susanwiggs Our "Freedom of Expression" column highlighted a number of stories, including Salman Rushdie winning this year's Writer in the World Prize.

@susanwiggs In our Book World News we began with our regular "In Memoriam" column, where we paid tribute to the authors, artists and publishers we lost this past month, including journalist Bill Moyers.

@susanwiggs We presented our monthly batch of Early Reviewer giveaways—3,487 copies of 191 books this time around! Enter to win a copy of one of these fascinating titles by July 25th at 6pm EST.

@susanwiggs We shone a spotlight on the titles that are "Hot on LibraryThing" this month, with Julie Soto's "Rose in Chains" topping the list. You can see more interesting lists and book statistics on our Zeitgeist page.

@susanwiggs We celebrated our Helpers—LibraryThing members who do so much to make our site a better, more well-run place! Check out our most active Helpers!

We presented Abigail's interview with author @susanwiggs about her new novel, Wayward Girls. Come read what she has to say about the book and its themes, including the history of the Magdalene Laundries, as well as her writing process.

We invited members to contribute to our List of the Month, devoted this time to the Books We Want To Read Again For The First Time. Come add your top ten picks and create a resource for fellow readers.

We celebrated our three new, larger and faster servers—one optimized for our database system and two for other tasks.

We announced the launching of TinyCat District, our new way for libraries with multiple locations or branches to manage their accounts in one place. Find out more on our blog post:

The July edition of State of the Thing—our monthly newsletter—has gone out to more than 1 million subscribers! As always, we covered a lot. See the 🧵 below for more details, and be sure to catch up on old issues online.