The National Book Awards Raised a Middle Finger to Book Bans

"Free people read freely," said Tracie D. Hall, one of the night's honorees.

https://apple.news/AawF92mWhSb-_FD1km341_g

 

Michelle Obama’s new book is self-help — but it goes high (from the LA Times):

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2022-11-15/michelle-obamas-new-book-is-self-help-but-it-goes-high

 

Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino review – bracing and heartfelt collection

The movie-maker’s first book of criticism is fuelled by a breathless energy that makes up for its scattershot approach

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/nov/14/cinema-speculation-by-quentin-tarantino-review-collection-film-criticism

 

Bring Back Love to Education (from the Harvard Graduate School of Education):

https://youtube.com/watch?v=zgcg1PlHRzQ&feature=share

Maurice Sendak Imagined More Than Wild Things

A new exhibition, the first of its kind since the artist's death, showcases his extensive but lesser-known body of work (in ‘Smithsonian’):

https://apple.news/AhLZuxshGR1u4A34_mfb2UQ

Where to start with: Sylvia Plath

You will have heard of the great American poet, but how much of her work have you actually read? This handy primer suggests some good ways in (in ‘The Guardian’):

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/oct/27/where-to-start-with-sylvia-plath

 

The Philosophy of Modern Song by Bob Dylan review – an enlightening listen-along

Dylan meditates on 66 songs he holds dear in an eclectic collection of essays that breathes new life into groundbreaking hits while relishing obscurities and oddities (in ‘The Guardian’):

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/nov/01/the-philosophy-of-modern-song-by-bob-dylan-review