WHAT WE GAIN FROM A GOOD BOOKSTORE

It’s a place whose real boundaries and character are much more than its physical dimensions. (from ‘The New Yorker’):

https://apple.news/AYLc-XCwZS-eFaHZaCaQg2w

 

US library defunded after refusing to censor LGBTQ authors: ‘We will not ban the books’

Residents of Jamestown, Michigan, voted this week to shut down town’s library rather than tolerate certain LGBTQ books (from ‘The Guardian’):

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/05/michigan-library-book-bans-lgbtq-authors?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

 

Politicians want to ban more books. Austin's library system is celebrating them instead

At the Austin Public Library in Texas, banned books are hot for the summer (from CNN):

https://apple.news/AjlfIntlpRc6nEVH7Xko0Dg

 

Letters from Ukraine

by Lindsey Hilsum

I reported for Channel 4 News from Ukraine during the first weeks of the invasion. These are expanded versions of letters that I wrote home.(from ‘Granta’):

https://granta.com/letters-from-ukraine-hilsum/