Category: #Books

Luda is a magical, multilayered, intoxicating story about identity, stardom, performance, lust, and death that could only have come from the prodigious mind of Grant…

In the latest double-plus ungood news from the Republic of Gilead, you can add librarians to the list of politicians, healthcare workers, poll workers, journalists,…

NEW YORK — The front line of America’s culture war now runs straight through the nation’s school libraries — with conservatives in dozens of states…

Challenges from conservative parent groups and others targeted 1,651 different titles, the American Library Association said Books for children and young adults containing themes of…

In the comic book, Laguardia, by “a writer of strange things” Nnedi Okorafor, the airport by the same name—now an intergalactic way-station that is STILL…

Patmos Library in western Michigan is getting a crowdsourced lifeline after conservative taxpayers voted against a proposal to use tax funds to support it because…

“Game of Thrones” author George R.R. Martin just clarified that his upcoming novels are moving “further and further away” from the events of his saga…

At a time of concern about book banning, states are passing laws to tighten control over public libraries. The laws address how libraries are managed…

Literature is full of queer-coded characters like Jo March in Little Women, reminding us that LGBTQ+ representation has come far but still has a long…

The innumerable claims about George Orwell’s prescient genius are now cliché. It should be easy to dismiss the correlations that people draw to Orwell’s masterpiece…

The new book, Queer Ducks (and Other Animals), is designed to be teenager friendly. It’s filled with comics and humor and accessible science on the…

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to take the case of several former national security officials arguing the government’s prepublication review requirements for their books…

If you are at all engaged in the abortion debate, you’re already aware that every anti-choice argument is inherently hollow. Even if the person making…

After decades on the decline intro, America’s labor movement is undergoing a massive renaissance with Starbucks, Amazon and Apple Store employees leading the way. Though…

Tennessee legislators passed a bill Wednesday that would allow the state’s textbook commission to approve or reject books in school libraries. Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/education/tennessee-house-passes-bill-giving-state-commission-approval-school-li-rcna26362 Droolin’ Dog…

Book-banning is one of those nosy-neighbor hobbies that becomes popular in waves. We’re currently in one of those waves, with parents and concerned citizens “challenging”—and…

It’s still an open question to what degree our planet will remain habitable in the coming years. Elizabeth Cripps offers an urgent message in What…

An Ohio school district just banned the children’s book It’s Okay to Be a Unicorn after deciding that, well, unicorns and rainbows are just not…

Superficially, Tolkien and Orwell pose in opposition: Tolkien the devout Catholic buried in English origins, Orwell the committed Socialist unraveling English outcomes. But much was…

The new line of books will include original stories inspired by previously unpublished illustrations of the author’s. Six Dr. Seuss books are no longer being…

There are plenty of books about Jimi Hendrix so why did I like this new one? Rock journalists and brothers Harvey and Kenneth Kubernik  have…

Always wanted to tackle the great Irish writer but not sure Ulysses is for you? This handy primer may just help you find a way…