Illiteracy remains a serious problem in the U.S., even though the issue has been overshadowed in recent years by the economy and the war on terror. Even data documenting changes in literacy in each state is hard to attain. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sixty years ago, Helen Gurley Brown’s best-selling book promised women sexual freedom. Today, it reads like an omen. Continue reading at The Atlantic
[ The Atlantic | 2022-05-19 11:00:00 UTC ]
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As public opinion of unions surpasses its 40-year high a new book by the journalist and union organizer offers lessons and inspiration for workers in any industry. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
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At the April 11 gala for the NYC-based literacy nonprofit, attendees included Simon & Schuster senior v-p and publisher Dana Canedy and author Ta-Nehisi Coates. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Emergence Magazine is an online publication with annual print edition exploring the threads connecting ecology, culture, and spirituality. As we experience the desecration of our lands and waters, the extinguishing of species, and a loss of sacred connection to the Earth, we look to emerging... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-04-11 08:49:54 UTC ]
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Maggy Krell recounts her efforts to shut down the site, notorious for erotic and illicit classified ads. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-04-08 12:00:57 UTC ]
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Magema Fuze’s book was a radical act of publishing. It contained histories of chiefdoms and kingdoms - from the Zulu to the Ngcobo. Continue reading at The Conversation
[ The Conversation | 2022-04-07 14:10:22 UTC ]
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At Slate, Maia Kobabe discusses writing Gender Queer, a memoir about self-acceptance and understanding, which has been challenged in schools and libraries across the country in recent months. “What I’m learning is that a book challenge is like a community attacking itself,” Kobabe says. “The... Continue reading at The Millions
[ The Millions | 2022-03-30 20:30:51 UTC ]
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Set in 1864, his novel evoked the bravery and bloodshed that he sought to memorialize as a preservationist of Civil War history. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-03-05 14:55:22 UTC ]
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The Silent Era of cinema was perhaps its most equitable with both hearing and hearing-impaired viewers able to enjoy productions alongside one another, but with the advent of "talkies," deaf and hard-of-hearing American's found themselves largely excluded from this new dominant entertainment... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2022-01-29 16:30:45 UTC ]
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As the pandemic raises 'science literacy' worldwide, Jay Flynn says Wiley is rushing to enable research stakeholders in a changing business. The post Academic Publishing Edition: Wiley’s Jay Flynn on ‘Science Literacy’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2022-01-28 12:25:29 UTC ]
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The Authors Guild has launched a National Letter Writing campaign, asking its 11,000 members and supporters to send emails and letters to school boards, lawmakers, and newspapers arguing that banning books harms students. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Kim Newman’s latest novel finds pop-culture icons navigating a strange, dark world. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-11-28 20:55:35 UTC ]
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Google is honoring South Korea's law requiring support for third-party payments, but not quite in the way you might have expected. The Wall Street Journalreports Google will allow the use of alternative payment systems for Play Store apps in South Korea. Check out with a supporting app and... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2021-11-04 13:42:55 UTC ]
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To hear Weng Pixin tell it, Let’s Not Talk Anymore started out as a kind of “fuck you” move after a particularly bad fight with her mom but—as these things tend to go—it gradually transformed into a project to locate herself within the moth-eaten story of her matrilineal line. Moving back and... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2021-11-04 11:00:00 UTC ]
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South African novelist Damon Galgut was awarded the 2021 Booker Prize for his novel 'The Promise,' published by Europa Editions. The novel follows the lives of three white siblings brought together by a series of funerals that follow the trajectory of the history of post-apartheid South Africa. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
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White Rabbit has signed a new memoir by Mark Lanegan, described as a “terrifying account” of Covid-19, which left the songwriter slipping in and out of a coma. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-27 22:09:40 UTC ]
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Here are the best bookish things that happened this week, from library chickens to literacy funding and, of course, WonTon the bookstore cat. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2021-10-22 10:42:00 UTC ]
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Do you know who translated your favorite foreign-language novel? Whoever did wants you to know—as soon as you pick up the book, in fact. That’s why translators are demanding that book publishers credit them on the front covers of the books they translate. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Jarrett Adams recounts his grueling path from a wrongful conviction to a law career. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-10-08 12:00:00 UTC ]
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The time has come for school librarians and their allies to abandon their traditional advocacy toolkits and to act boldly to secure the future of the profession. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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