In a fantastic collaboration between two top-notch institutions working against censorship and book bans, high school students across the country are invited to apply to and...
My earliest memory is writing my name in purple crayon. Again and again I wrote it, kneeling on the floor with some scraps of paper. I...
Imagine a city in the grip of a dictator, where bureaucracy is revered with religious fervor, citizens regularly disappear, and arrests can happen at any moment....
It’s a new year, meaning that the groups and individuals creating hell for public educators will be developing their new plans for continued “work.” What began...
Who’s ready to take a Judy Blume character quiz? Judy Blume books have been there for me at every age of my life. In elementary school,...
Regardless of whether you read ten or 100 books a year, you probably try to keep a record of the books you’ve made your way through....
Late last summer, the official email notifying me of my library’s temporary closure for renovations found me capital-D Devastated. Around this time last year, I sat...
One of the pretty consistent staples of a cozy mystery is that the amateur sleuth also has a day job. By that, I mean their detective...
It’s that time of the year again! By that I mean it’s the beginning of a new calendar year. A new year brings new hope of...
Superhero comics have many well-worn motifs which have been popularized, subverted, and scoffed at over the decades, like secret identities, reporter girlfriends, and radioactive everything. In...
