THE DIARY OF A RIKERS ISLAND LIBRARY WORKER (from the ‘New Yorker’)

Every week for a year, I pushed a cart of books through the largest jail complex in New York City.

https://apple.news/A4qpBc_uzTXaEF8DZ4nUHOg

 

Questlove launching book publishing company, AUWA

The Grammy and Oscar winner started a book publishing imprint with MCD. Sly Stone's memoir is scheduled as its first release.

https://thegrio.com/2023/03/23/questlove-launching-book-publishing-company-auwa/

JUST GOT THIS. 550 pages! Google her. Great cover I think. I never heard of her till Ken Burns posted on Facebook about this book.

Top 10 books about being poor in America

From John Steinbeck to Tommy Orange, it’s an old story that keeps on going, in one of the wealthiest countries on Earth. These books help explain why

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/may/03/top-10-books-about-being-poor-in-america-the-forgotten-girls-by-monica-potts

 

 

10 of the Best Indie Bookstores in the World

https://lithub.com/10-of-the-best-indie-bookstores-in-the-world/

 

Calls to ban books hit highest level ever recorded in the US

Demands to censor, most often for gender themes or sexual detail, rose 38% year on year in 2022, with Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe being last year’s ‘most challenged’ title

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/apr/24/calls-to-ban-books-hit-highest-level-recorded-in-the-us-censorship