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RAISING THE BAR Angela Barnes (left) and Renauda Riddle, owners of James Beard finalist queer bar Nobody's Darling in Chicago. (Akilah Townsend/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

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This story about the relaunch of the MTV Books caught my attention