Boston University said Tuesday that its initial inquiry into the antiracist research center run by best-selling author and academic Ibram X Continue reading at 'ABC News'
[ ABC News | 2023-11-07 17:58:34 UTC ]
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Boston University said Tuesday that its initial inquiry into the antiracist research center run by best-selling author and academic Ibram X Continue reading at ABC News
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National Book Award–winner Ibram X. Kendi returns with 'How to Be an Antiracist,' a primer on combatting racism. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The ALA’s first-ever Rally for the Right to Read featured librarians and advocates speaking of the need to fight censorship and a keynote from author Ibram X. Kendi, who praised librarians as modern-day freedom fighters. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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While his assessment has its detractors, Canadian author and Russia expert Ian Garner believes fascist views now permeate Russia's young people to such a degree that the chances of a lasting peace following the war in Ukraine are remote. ... Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2023-05-15 08:00:00 UTC ]
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The culmination of a 20-year advocacy effort, the new policy will finally make taxpayer-funded research available to the public without cost or delay. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Ibram X. Kendi joined Times columnist Sandy Banks for a thought-provoking L.A. Times Book Club conversation about his book, 'How to Raise an Antiracist.' Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2022-06-23 20:16:18 UTC ]
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Ibram X. Kendi joins the L.A. Times Book Club to discuss "How to Raise an Antiracist." Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2022-06-14 14:00:53 UTC ]
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A new survey of Australia’s international book rights sales finds children’s books are most popular with overseas buyers but adult fiction is catching up. Continue reading at The Conversation
[ The Conversation | 2021-10-18 19:12:38 UTC ]
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Covid-19 has forced the final ALA Midwinter Meeting to go online only, but a typically strong program awaits. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Have you ever noticed how many scenes in science fiction and military movies take place in a command center? Whether it’s a fictional character like Captain Kirk aboard the USS Enterprise or a real-life crisis unfolding in the White House situation room, the command center plays a critical role... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2020-08-03 07:00:00 UTC ]
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A report commissioned by the Publishers Association says that during the COVID-19 lockdown, UK children listened to audiobooks, arguing to end their VAT. The post UK’s National Literary Trust Research Finds Benefits of Audiobooks for Kids appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-07-06 15:29:18 UTC ]
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If your local bookstore is all sold out of its books on anti-racism, good. Finally. Backorder them for yourself. But in the meantime, the audiobook version of Ibram X. Kendi’s Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, which won the 2016 National Book Award... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-06-04 14:34:08 UTC ]
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The audiobook of STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING by Ibram X. Kendi is currently available for free on Spotify. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-06-04 12:58:03 UTC ]
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Emerald Publishing has launched a £20,000 fund to cover article processing charges, supporting social scientists in making their research on health emergencies such as coronavirus rapidly available. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-16 15:58:43 UTC ]
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In this conversations with featured speakers, PW checks in with Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi, who will discuss Stamped at a panel on Friday, January 24. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-01-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Details remain murky, but this week the AAP issued a strong rebuke to an open access policy said to be under consideration by the Trump Administration. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-18 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Acting Baltimore Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young has ordered an audit of Associated Black Charities’ management of the city’s Children and Youth Fund because the organization asked businesses with city contracts buy copies of Mayor Catherine Pugh’s self-published children’s books. Young said he... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2019-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a new research project, new books by men were found to receive 12% more broadsheet review coverage than those of their female counterparts. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Those who take on the global industry that traps research behind paywalls are heroes, not thievesNever underestimate the power of one determined person. What Carole Cadwalladr has done to Facebook and big data, and Edward Snowden has done to the state security complex, Alexandra Elbakyan has... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On Tuesday night, Paul Haynes joined Patton Oswalt and Billy Jenkins for an event in Naperville, Ill., celebrating I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, the bestselling book by Oswalt’s late wife, Michelle McNamara, that the three men had assembled from her unfinished manuscript after her death. The book,... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2018-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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