THIS MORNING A BLACK THIRTY-MAYBE GUY cooler than most on Chambers Street said in a deep voice almost a whisper but strong when he got right next to me and the sign as he walked by, Amen, Brother.

 

NYPL will be launching its longest anti-censorship campaign in its history

https://apple.news/A4IfK7-kzRWazbSgK2Q1zFA

Borrowed

Brooklyn Public Library

BPL's new podcast series Borrowed and Banned tells the story of America's ideological war with its bookshelves. In seven episodes, we'll talk with students on the frontlines, librarians and teachers whose livelihoods are endangered when they speak up, and writers whose books have become political battleground.

https://pod.link/1453877748?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20September%2025%2C%202023&utm_term=lithub_master_list

WE INCREASINGLY SPEND MORE AND MORE TIME at home. On the computer. Reading variations of the same old news. Blogs are big. I look at YouTube stuff too much. It’s good to get out. The library is a perfect getaway. Today I went for a couple hours. Looked at books. Looked at people. Wrote a little. 

 

THE TRUTH TELLERS

Stories change our hearts, expand our worlds, and challenge what was. Storytellers have always threatened those in power, but today the stakes are dire, as book bans and library censures increase across the United States. These authors of some of the most banned books in America are on the front lines. (That’s Jacqueline Woodson in the photo.):

https://apple.news/AJDMrUwKSQYKUj8N3T7oETg

Liev Schreiber revisits Spotlight role to narrate Marty Baron's new book

EW can exclusively reveal that Schreiber will narrate the audio version of Baron's Collision of Power, after first playing the journalist in the Oscar-winning 2015 film Spotlight.

https://apple.news/AOS8zWDeaRZ-7gAEAbB2hRQ

 

BOOK BUILDING: A video conversation

https://youtu.be/VYthEFgtPEs?si=v5ANalxDRvdA_Rnt