The new memoir 'That Librarian' by Amanda Jones is a troubling portrait of America's culture war over censorship and book banning
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[ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2024-08-22 10:00:07 UTC ]
I was celebrating the release of my third middle grade novel, The Truth About Triangles, at a recent bookstore event when someone asked me, “How does it feels to write LGBTQ+ stories for young people?” I paused, overwhelmed by the tangle of words this question brought up. But one word stood out....
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[ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-06-17 08:55:17 UTC ]
The anonymous messages come as conservatives wage a culture war over events and books with LGBTQ or racial justice themes.
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[ Source: HuffPost | 2022-09-23 21:22:11 UTC ]
In every skirmish in the ‘culture war’, be it fought in universities, Twitter or Parliament, there’s an inevitable reference to Harry Potter. The Potter references can seem like a joke; the perpetual furore around the politics of a ‘mere’ children’s author more so. But it is no laughing matter....
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-06-10 22:19:40 UTC ]
Yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an update to their coronavirus masking guidance. Fully vaccinated people can now go maskless outdoors, apart from in crowds, and even people who aren’t fully vaccinated can exercise maskless outdoors alone or with their household....
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[ Source: Columbia Journalism Review | 2021-04-28 12:29:35 UTC ]