Over 2,500 members of the KidLit publishing community have signed an impassioned open letter to President Biden, highlighting the disproportionately large toll Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has taken on the children of the region, and calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire. Over 2,500... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-01-22 18:19:23 UTC ]
In one of the biggest antitrust showdowns of President Biden’s tenure, the Justice Department is pulling out the big guns to stop a mega-publishing merger. The Justice Department’s ambitious bid to stop Penguin Random House from buying rival publisher Simon & Schuster has started taking on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2022-07-25 16:10:21 UTC ]
The reconciled FY2022 budget signed by President Biden last week contained only flat funding for the Library Services and Technology Act—despite the House last summer approving a $9 million increase. “This disappointment is a wake-up call for library advocates," said ALA President Patty Wong. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
Novelists Nadia Hashimi and Helen Benedict join hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to discuss the mistakes American writers and culture made in depicting the United States’ wars Iraq and Afghanistan. In the wake of the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and President Biden’s decision to pull US... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-09-23 08:49:21 UTC ]
After dazzling the nation at President Biden’s inauguration, Amanda Gorman became the first poet to perform at the Super Bowl. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-02-07 14:37:38 UTC ]
President Biden’s oldest surviving child is publishing a memoir about his struggles with addiction and drug abuse. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-02-04 18:54:06 UTC ]
First Lady Jill Biden, Author Ibram X. Kendi, and Amanda Gorman, the Inaugural Youth Poet Laureate of the United States who stole the show at President Biden's inauguration this week, are among those scheduled to speak at the 2021 ALA virtual Midwinter Meeting, which runs through Tuesday,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-22 05:00:00 UTC ]