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Bonfire of the Canadians

September 20, 2021September 20, 2021 Jamie Mason 0 Comments Asterix, book burning, Canada, Catholic Church, First Nations, Giller Prize, Justin Trudeau

On Election Day, racist old Asterix comics burn

FICTION NON-FICTION Politics

Classrooms Gone Wild

September 20, 2021September 23, 2021 Sharyn Vane 4 Comments A Big Mooncake for Little Star, Ashley Hope Perez, Erika Sanchez, Forget the Alamo, Ibram X. Kendi, Jewell Parker Rhodes, Jonathan Evison, Lawn Boy, Leander ISD, Tiffany Jewell

The push to control what your kids read and write is intensifying nationwide

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‘Turning Point’ Brings Home the Horror and Tragedy of 9/11

September 10, 2021September 15, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments 9/11, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Guantanamo Bay, Osama bin Laden, Turning Point, War on Terror

The ‘War On Terror’ was a failure

Politics Young Adult

Parents, Don’t Opt Out

September 1, 2021September 6, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments book banning, Facebook, Jandy Nelson, Jason Reynolds, Laurie Halse Anderson

Why would you restrict what your children read in school?

FICTION Politics Young Adult

Leander ISD Pulls More Books From Curriculum

August 9, 2021September 15, 2021 Sharyn Vane 2 Comments Carmen Maria Machado, Jacqueline Woodson, Leander ISD, Nikki Grimes, Ordinary Hazards, PEN America, Red at the Bone

Onslaught against “challenging” literature continues in Central Texas

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Why Did Stacey Abrams Get an Emmy Nomination?

July 19, 2021July 21, 2021 William Schwartz 0 Comments Anthony Anderson, Black-ish, Central Park, Emmy, Joe Biden, Seth MacFarlane, Stacey Abrams, Stanley Tucci, Titus Burgess, Tracee Ellis Ross, While Justice Sleeps

A multi-media push to the top of the political pile

Politics

ABA Apologizes for ‘Anti-Trans’ Title

July 19, 2021July 21, 2021 Katie Smith 0 Comments ABA, Abigail Shrier, American Bookseller's Association, Blackout, Candace Owens, Irreversible Damage

But what about an apology for the apology?

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The SCBWI Tries To Regroup

July 14, 2021August 4, 2021 Sharyn Vane 2 Comments April Powers, Razan Abdin-Adnani, SCBWI, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators

The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators goes super-bureaucratic to battle charges of antisemitism and Islamophobia

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J.R.R. Wolkien

June 28, 2021July 2, 2021 G.L. Ford 2 Comments Christopher Tolkien, J.R.R Tolkien, The Lord Of The Rings

The ancient world of Middle Earth runs into contemporary identity politics

FILM Politics

Lin-Manuel Miranda Falls From The Heights

June 23, 2021August 3, 2021 Jake Harris 1 Comment Anthony Ramos, Bill Maher, Corey Hawkins, Hamilton, In The Heights, Jimmy Fallon, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Rita Moreno

A timeline of the political collapse of what was supposed to be the summer’s big musical hit

AUTHOR STUFF FICTION Politics

Authors Warn About Content Warnings in Books

June 17, 2021August 3, 2021 Katie Smith 0 Comments Ashley Bloom, Carmen Maria Machado, Content warnings, Erin Taylor, Every Bone a Prayer, Haunt Publishing, In The Dream House, Nick Mamatas, Renée Dahlia, Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Carmen Maria Machado, Silvia Moreno Garcia, and others take to Twitter to decry censorship

FICTION NON-FICTION Politics

American Publishing in Censorship Mode

May 7, 2021August 3, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Blake Bailey, Dav Pilkey, Dr. Seuss, Jonathan Karp, Kamala Harris, Mike Pence, Philip Roth, Simon & Schuster, W.W. Norton, Woody Allen

Publishers keep pulling books from shelves, for all kinds of reasons

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BFG Week In Review Podcast #003: Lit Controversy, Roy Andersson, ‘Shadow and Bone’ and ‘Them’

May 1, 2021August 3, 2021 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments

Our editor and writers break down the week in culture

Education FICTION NON-FICTION Politics Young Adult

Battle Over School Reading Lists Continues in Suburban Austin

April 27, 2021August 3, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Carmen Maria Machado, In The Dream House, Jacqueline Woodson, Kiss Number 8, Laurie Halse Anderson, Leander ISD, Margaret Atwood, PEN America, Shirley Jackson, The Handmaid's Tale, The Lottery, V is for Vendetta, Y: The Last Man

PEN America joins fight after Leander ISD “pauses” book recommendations

FICTION Politics

The Saga of ‘Detransition, Baby’

April 12, 2021April 16, 2021 Katie Smith 0 Comments Carmen Maria Machado, Detransition Baby, Elmer MacBride, Garth Greenwell, JK Rowling, Torrey Peters, Wild Women Writing Club, Women's Prize for Fiction

U.K. Women’s Prize nomination earns anti-trans backlash

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