Tim Pearson, a powerful aide to Mayor Eric Adams who was embroiled in multiple scandals during a tumultuous tenure in City Hall, announced his resignation late Monday.Pearson, a former colleague of the mayor’s in the police department, wielded significant power over the NYPD and contracts... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2024-10-01 15:09:19 UTC ]
I am struggling to condense everything that troubles me about recent events in our industry; things I have read from writers and columnists but, most of all, the silence from white writers and industry professionals that has ensued in the face of deeply troubling language and high-level... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-10-06 00:14:54 UTC ]
Interviews Photo © Matika Wilbur For the 44th Annual Writers Week, the University of California, Riverside Department of Creative Writing, in partnership with the LA Review of Books, honored three US Poets Laureate with Lifetime Achievement... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2021-04-21 15:11:24 UTC ]
On Saturday, Denver’s beloved independent bookstore Tattered Cover released a statement “about recent events,” asserting their support for Black Lives Matter, but also defending their silence and explaining that to align the bookstore with any “public debate” is a “slippery slope.” Bookstore... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-06-08 13:56:08 UTC ]
In response to recent events, both in the world and at Winter Institute 12 itself, booksellers attending the annual gathering focused their attention on making both the industry and their bookstores more inclusive. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
The London Review Bookshop is to host a “mini Turkish season” in response to the recent events that have occurred in Turkey. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]