What ‘The New Yorker’ Didn’t Say About a Famous Writer’s Anti-Semitism

Why are Alice Walker’s vile beliefs about Jews treated so gently? (in ‘The  Atlantic’):

https://apple.news/AGFnqRuJaT6Sqbikdv2jU5g

‘It’s like being a therapist’: the highs and lows of an independent bookstore.

In new documentary ‘Hello, Bookstore’, a small Massachusetts shop is observed over an extended period as Covid-19 threatens to close it forever. (from theguardian.com):

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/apr/27/hello-bookstore-hulu-matt-tannenbaum-adam-zax-documentary?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

I haven’t put out ‘a cityReader’ newsletter since before the pandemic. I’ve done 62 of them. #63 soon.

 

Ukraine war: UK publishers take gifted books to children. (from bbc.com):

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-61201634

 

The Literary Star: Jonathan Franzen shares some secrets, sort of, in his first public appearance for Crossroads. (from latimes.com)

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2022-04-24/fob2022-jonathan-franzen-in-conversation-with-hector-tobar

                                                                                

 

Banning books about Black and LGBTQ people isn’t protecting America’s youth

‘Great libraries have materials on their shelves (or in their e-circulation platforms) to support everyone trying to educate themselves, from home-schooling Christians to LGBTQ youths.’

https://apple.news/ArhROOrmqQkOjrue4zuttOw

 

Alice Walker’s Journals Depict an Artist Restless on Her Laurels

As the writer counts honors and advances—and keeps tabs on rivals, lovers, and detractors—the drive to succeed is the drive to survive. (from ‘The New Yorker’):

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/04/25/alice-walkers-journals-depict-an-artist-restless-on-her-laurels-gathering-blossoms-under-fire-valerie-boyd