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Jess deCourcy Hinds
8 Badass Librarians We Need to Celebrate This International Women’s Day
Jess deCourcy Hinds on the Librarians Who’ve Inspired Her
By
Jess deCourcy Hinds
| March 6, 2026
Have You Ever Tried Going on a Blind Date With a Book?
Jess deCourcy Hinds Offers 13 Ways of Looking at the Book World’s Latest Phenomenon
By
Jess deCourcy Hinds
| February 13, 2026
Can Bibliotherapy Heal the Pain of the World?
Jess deCourcy Hinds on Books as Therapy
By
Jess deCourcy Hinds
| December 16, 2025
Who is the Real Wednesday Addams?
What the 80-Year Evolution of an Iconic Character Tells
Us About Women in America
By
Jess deCourcy Hinds
| October 31, 2025
Is It Time to Move On From Dr. Seuss?
Jess deCourcy Considers the Staying Power of Green Eggs and Ham
By
Jess deCourcy Hinds
| August 12, 2025
School Librarian Memoirs May Just Be the Next Big Thing
Jess DeCourcy Hinds on Book Bans Across the Nation, Educators' Fights Against Threats, and the Future of Library Access
By
Jess deCourcy Hinds
| August 11, 2023
Best Reviewed
Books of the Week
What Banned Books Can Teach Us: Building an LGBTQ Picture Book Library for Pride
By
Jess deCourcy Hinds
| June 1, 2023
In Honor of International Women’s Day: 8 Ways to Love
Little Women
By
Jess deCourcy Hinds
| March 10, 2023
How to Love a Writer: On the Care and Feeding of a Creative Marriage
By
Jess deCourcy Hinds
| February 14, 2023
How Can Literary Spaces Support Neurodivergent Readers and Writers?
Jess deCourcy Hinds on Creating Inclusive Places for Everyone
By
Jess deCourcy Hinds
| February 2, 2023
Chocolate, Books, and More Books: Could America Even Handle Iceland’s Traditional Christmas “Book Flood”?
Jess deCourcy Hinds Wonders If We’re Ready for a Jólabókaflóðið of Our Own
By
Jess deCourcy Hinds
| December 23, 2022
It’s a Wonderful, Weird Life: Writers Recommend Their Favorite Holiday Movies
Yes,
Gremlins
is a Christmas Movie
By
Jess deCourcy Hinds
| December 19, 2022
Writers Wrestle with Twitter: Do I Stay or Go (and Where?)
Jess deCourcy Hinds on the Literary Community’s Twitter Deathwatch
By
Jess deCourcy Hinds
| November 14, 2022
This Is Not a Drill: How to Go Into Lockdown in a School Library
Jess deCourcy Hinds Describes an All Too Familiar Scene
By
Jess deCourcy Hinds
| October 26, 2022
75 Years of
Goodnight Moon
: Today’s Best Writers Reflect on a Children’s Classic
Jess de Courcy Hinds on Margaret Wise Brown’s Beloved Book
By
Jess deCourcy Hinds
| October 14, 2022
How the Trapper Keeper Shaped a Generation of Writers
Jess deCourcy Hinds on the Most Popular School Supply of All Time
By
Jess deCourcy Hinds
| September 19, 2022
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