To the Editor of The New York Times: I am pleased to read your severe condemnation of the “deckle-edge” book in to-day’s TIMES. You could not be too severe on such a silly fad.

Recent Twitter chatter got Biblioracle columnist John Warner to reflect on the pleasures of books with deckle edges.

The deckle edge is entirely separate from, and sometimes confused with, the roughness that occurs when a book is bound with "unopened" pages (often inaccurately called "uncut").

Deckle Edge Book Festival, new this year, replaces Columbia’s old S.C. Book Festival (shown here), which dissolved last summer. Tim Dominick File photo/The State There’s a new literary ...

In its inaugural year, Deckle Edge fills a void left by the Columbia-anchored S.C. Book Festival, which dissolved last year after nearly 20 years of celebrating regional literature.

A history of deckle-edged books. The planned American Writers Museum has released a concept design of its future home. “When you want facts, visit your school library.” ...

“Finding the Mother Tree,” by Suzanne Simard (Deckle Edge) Suzanne Simard is a well-known forestry scientist, and I was excited to read this book.

The future of the book may lie in the deckle edge. Louise Erdrich conflates life and fiction in "Shadow Tag." Obama plans to cut federal funding for school libraries. Stanely Crouch revisits Ralph ...

Take her feelings about coming home, for example. The California-dwelling Allison will return to South Carolina Friday night to serve as the keynote speaker at the Deckle Edge Literary Festival ...

The entry that stumped most solvers in last week’s crossword puzzles was DECKLE, which made its third New York Times Crossword appearance in the Sat., July 4 puzzle by Peter Wentz.