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The Book Box

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Before Amazon wish lists and two-day shipping, there was a thin paper flyer, a crumpled order form, and a check your mom wrote with mild suspicion. The Scholastic Book Club wasn’t just about books. It was about waiting. About forgetting you even ordered anything. And then one day, the teacher opened a giant cardboard box and the classroom turned into Christmas morning (for some of us). More on that later. 

This week on Free Nights and Weekends, we welcome guest co-host, Jason Dean to rewind to the mini book fairs of the 1980s. The thrill of circling titles you’d never read. The disappointment of picking the wrong book. The strange power dynamics of who got the cool paperback and who got the weird one about horses. Whatever, man. I had $2.50. Gimmie them NFL pencils!   

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