Elizabeth Wagley
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Elizabeth Wagley is the Founder and CEO of Progressive Book Club, the leading internet-based bookseller and Web platform where progressives purchase new titles, engage with authors, debate ideas and support their favorite groups and causes. Before founding PBC, she worked for international organizations including Medecins du Monde and Human Rights Watch. She graduated from Wesleyan University with a BA in political science.

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Why Books Are Still Central to Our Political Culture

Posted October 6, 2009 | 08:12:26 (EST)

The re-emergence of Sarah Palin as a successful author should come as no surprise to anyone who recognizes the salience of books in public life. Her decision to write a book and her pre-pub sales demonstrate once more how books confer status in American political culture.

Palin's supporters (and...

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