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Fall of Freedom, “a nationwide wave of creative resistance,” starts next month.
By
James Folta
| October 23, 2025
A federal judge just dismissed an Ohio teacher’s fight against book bans.
Karen Cahall was suspended for keeping four LGBTQ+ books in her classroom library.
By
Brittany Allen
| October 21, 2025
How Oscar Wilde finally got his library card back.
130 years after the British Library revoked his card-carrying privileges, Wilde's grandson got his.
By
Brittany Allen
| October 20, 2025
How Close Did We Come to Losing
Beowulf
Forever?
Robert Bartlett on a Vital Work of the Western Canon That Barely Survived Multiple Disasters
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Robert Bartlett
| October 10, 2025
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Shadow Ticket
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By
Brittany Allen
| October 9, 2025
The Race to Save a Medieval Palestinian Library
Ryan Byrnes on the Khalidi Family’s Battle to Protect Their Library From Ultra-Orthodox Settlers
By
Ryan Byrnes
| October 7, 2025
Best Reviewed
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Any Coloradan with a cell phone will soon be able to access banned books for free.
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By
Jonny Diamond
| October 1, 2025
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is back, thanks to this famous internet librarian.
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Brittany Allen
| October 1, 2025
Ron DeSantis is about to “gift” Donald Trump a $200 million plot of land for his “library.”
By
Jonny Diamond
| September 30, 2025
This week's news in Venn diagrams.
By
James Folta
| September 26, 2025
Solange Knowles is launching a free radical library.
By
Brittany Allen
| September 26, 2025
Why Drag Queen Story Hour Matters
Nina West on How Her Own Love of Reading Led to a Career in Drag and Literature
By
Nina West
| September 24, 2025
Beloved radical NYC bookstore Bluestockings announced they will be closing in 2025.
By
James Folta
| September 23, 2025
Federal troops are trampling business at D.C. bookstores.
By
James Folta
| September 22, 2025
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