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$\"\"$ <\/a>Of the classic questions that every reporter is taught to ask, only two remain to be answered about this year\u2019s bibliobloggers\u2019 gathering<\/a>:\u00a0when\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0where<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Since people have sometimes struggled to be available for dinner at SBL, perhaps this year we should make it a gathering for drinks, somewhere that people<\/a> can eat, but don\u2019t necessarily have to?<\/p>\n

It is consistently a fun event, and so let\u2019s make this happen! If no one who knows Chicago better than I do comes up with a recommendation for a location, I\u2019ll propose one\u2026<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"