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Bookmobiles

Like a Rolling Tome

March 21, 2023March 20, 2023 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Bookmobiles, Margaret Atwood, Nikki Snyder, Ron DeSantis, The Bluest Eye, The Handmaid's Tale, Toni Morrison

A Florida bookseller hopes an old-fashioned bookmobile will help combat the growing tide of school censorship

Censorship

2022–The Year in Censorship

December 12, 2022December 14, 2022 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Duval County, Ellen Oh, Gender Queer, Maia Kobabe, Moms for Liberty, Nya's Long Walk, The Bluest Eye, The Diary of Anne Frank, Toni Morrison

A shameful 12 months for book banners

Censorship

Back To Censorship

August 19, 2022August 23, 2022 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments ACLU, Censorship, Keller ISD, Texas, The Bible, The Diary of Anne Frank, Toni Morrison

A new school year means more curriculum and reading list controversy

Colorful wall of books on the shelfs at the rotunda in Stockholm Stadsbibliotek (Public Library), April 22, 2017. The building is from 1928 and the architect is Gunnar Asplund. (Photo: Stefan Holm/Shutterstock)

Book Challenges Reach Record Highs

April 4, 2022 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments American Library Association, Angie Thomas, Ashley Hope Perez, Dolly Parton, FReadom Fighters, Gender Queer, George M. Johnson, Imagination Library, Jonathan Evison, Lawn Boy, Maia Kebab, Toni Morrison

Library association urges people to unite against book bans

Texas

The Texas Taliban Lowers the Boom

November 4, 2021April 3, 2022 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Greg Abbott, Matt Krause, Michael Crichton, Texas, Texas Library Association, Texas State Teachers' Association, Toni Morrison

High-ranking state government officials seek vast censorship powers through intimidation of schools

Toni Morrison

How About NOT banning ‘Beloved’ and ‘Lord of the Flies’?

November 1, 2021April 3, 2022 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Beloved, Lord of the Flies, Toni Morrison, William Golding

These days, everyone is a censor

Fran Leibowitz

CREATORS TELEVISION Writers

A Few Evenings With Fran Lebowitz

January 27, 2021February 5, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Andy Warhol, Belinda Carlisle, Fran Lebowitz, James Levine, Martin Scorsese, Pretend It's A City, Toni Morrison

Martin Scorsese’s Netflix documentary series about a great American wit

Celebrating Black History Month Through Literature

February 7, 2020February 18, 2020 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments A Mercy, Black History Month, Black No More, Colson Whitehead, Esi Edyugan, George Schuyler, Half-Blood Blues, Homegoing, John Henry Days, Paul Beatty, The Sellout, Toni Morrison, Yaa Gyasi

Read these six novels and call us in March.

AUTHOR STUFF FICTION Remembrance

Toni Morrison

August 6, 2019August 8, 2019 Rachel Llewellyn 0 Comments Angela Davis, Toni Morrison

1931 – 2019

MUSIC Netflix TELEVISION

The Queen and Her Court

April 25, 2019April 25, 2019 Joshunda Sanders 0 Comments Audre Lorde, Beyoncé, Crazy In Love, Danai Gurira, Destiny's Child, Homecoming, Jay-Z, Tessa Thompson, Toni Morrison

Young, Gifted and Black on Abundant Display in Beyoncé’s ‘Homecoming’

Remembrance Writers

Rashod Ollison Has Died

October 18, 2018October 18, 2018 James Porter 0 Comments Al Green, Alice Walker, Aretha Franklin, Bobby Womack, Nikki Giovanni, Rashod Ollison, SOUL SERENADE, Toni Morrison

Virginia journalist, critic and author remembered by friend he inspired