A letter to the editor of a local paper in central Maine published this morning offers a snapshot of the barriers to reading that can still exist in communities with public libraries—and how those barriers are affecting one person who’s Read more >
Once, years ago, on a drive through rural east Galway, I heard a radio advertisement for a warehouse sale taking place that week. “Everyone’s talking about ceramic tiles and low cost wooden flooring!” it boasted. Well, the time of flooring Read more >
There comes a time in every parent’s life when they briefly think, “Wow, I bet I could easily write and publish a really great children’s book and make a lot of money.” Thankfully, most do not even try… Not so Read more >
Who says that two opposing impulses can’t be true, or that a country can’t be simultaneously defined by its patterns of inclusion and exclusion? Today, as The New York Times reports, the Trump administration is sending border patrol agents to sanctuary cities Read more >
In Istanbul on Friday, the Turkish novelist and journalist Aslı Erdoğan was acquitted of multiple charges against her, including accusations of involvement with a terrorist organization and “undermining national unity.” Another charge that blamed Erdoğan for spreading “terrorist propaganda” was Read more >
You really have to admire the vision/insanity of someone who looks at Margaret Atwood’s trilogy of nightmarish cli-fi novels—Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood and MaddAddam—and thinks to himself: this would make a hell of a ballet. That insane Read more >
Well this is weird: our vain and demented grifter president is obsessed with badgers. According to The Guardian, details are emerging from Lachlan Markay and Asawin Suebsaeng’s new book—Sinking in the Swamp: How Trump’s Minions and Misfits Poisoned Washington—that Donald Read more >
The New York Public Library is marking its 125th birthday this year—in part with this list of their favorite books written for adults from the past 125 years, which they hope will “inspire a lifelong love of reading.” The list Read more >
As we all know, there is only one Valentine and it is every book. Luckily, Harrison Ford talking about how great libraries are is an acceptable human Valentine proxy for all books. Why—besides the fact that you can’t spell”Harrison Ford, you Read more >
In recognition of Black History Month and the 150th anniversary of the 15th Amendment’s passage, which (theoretically) enabled black men to vote, the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL) has been organizing events around the theme of “African Americans and Read more >
The protagonist of Jenny Offill’s new novel, Weather, is Lizzie Benson, a graduate school dropout turned college librarian who is armed with random information and really good at suggesting ways to survive an impending apocalypse. The staff at Literary Hub, deeply concerned Read more >
Happy Valentine’s Day! The whole board of the Romance Writers of America has resigned. Treasurer Nan Dixon, along with directors-at-large Hanna Rhys Barnes, Kate McMurray, Maria Powers, Mellanie Szereto, and Eliana West, announced they would leave their positions in a Read more >
Notably blacklisted NFL-quality quarterback Colin Kaepernick is starting his own publishing company. The New York Times is reporting that the 32-year-old NFL-quality quarterback is also writing his own memoir, which will be released by Kaepernick Publishing, and will, according to his Read more >
Did you know that Dev Patel is not only appearing on film as David Copperfield this year, but also as the reckless and adorable Sir Gawain? Because I did not. But today, A24 released the first teaser trailer for David Read more >
After this week’s Oscar win for Karen Rupert Toliver and Matthew A. Cherry’s animated short “Hair Love,” the story of a young black father trying to style his daughter’s natural hair, kids are turning back to the book that the film Read more >
Haruki Murakami is a man of many interests—writing, ultramarathons, solitude, talking cats, and of course, music. Not only is Murakami a noted one-night DJ, he also founded a jazz club when he was 15, and has a collection of more Read more >
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