Librarians push back against book-banning

"Book bans are about limiting kids' freedom to read and teachers' freedom to teach" (from salon.com):

 https://www.salon.com/2022/05/12/librarians-push-back-against-book-banning_partner/

Don Lee’s Long War on Asian American stereotypes. His new book of short stories. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/10/books/review/don-lee-partition.html?referringSource=articleShare

 

Dolly Parton’s library to give books to refugee children

Singer’s global initiative to offer a book each month to 200 refugee children in London until they turn five

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/may/09/dolly-parton-imagination-library-books-refugee-children?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

The Journalistic Pitfalls of the Trump Era

The authors of a new book discuss how political reporting functioned during a period of upheaval, how quickly journalists should share scoops with the public, and what Mitch McConnell managed to extract from Donald Trump. (from ‘The New Yorker’):

https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-pitfalls-and-repetitions-of-political-journalism

A Leak That Slowed, but Did Not Stop, the Presses

Here’s how the Times report on the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade came together — and made it into print.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/08/insider/supreme-court-reporting.html?referringSource=articleShare

 

‘The Last Days of Roger Federer’ is about so much more than tennis

Geoff Dyer’s new book explores endings — and the challenges we face as we approach them

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2022/05/01/last-days-roger-federer-book/

After 18 months of being relocated (nicely I must say) for building repairs further west on 10th street, my favorite store is back where it was. Go see it.

One of the books I bought yesterday.