Intermezzo by Sally Rooney is the top holds title of the week. LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes by Tara Conklin, Lauren Groff, and Bryan Washington for patrons waiting to read this buzziest book.
Building the Black City shows how African Americans built and rebuilt thriving cities for themselves, even as their unpaid and underpaid labor enriched the nation's economic, political, and cultural elites. Joe William Trotter, Jr., traces the growth of Black cities and political power from the preindustrial era to the present.
By Gricel Dominguez The Exact Editions Literature Collection is an attractive option for users who want easy and mobile access to a curated collection of popular literary journals and magazines.
Drafted over decades out of a dialogue between artist and author Nika Dubrovsky and her husband and late anthropologist David Graeber, Cities Made Differently opens a space for invention and collaboration. Fusing anthropology, literature, play, and drawing, the book is a visual essay that asks us to reconsider our ideas about cities and the people who inhabit them.
By James Rhoades The Gale Peterson’s Test and Career Prep database is an outstanding resource that provides a plethora of tools and tests to help learners prepare for exams and career challenges.
By Joshua Blevins Peck This month’s can’t-miss documentaries include a heartwarming exploration of the life of actor Gene Wilder, an exploration of Armenian culture, and remembrances of an iconic video rental shop.
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Libraries, Audiobooks Continue to Find New Listeners . Nearly half of current audiobook consumers had borrowed a digital audiobook from their library in the last year, according to the survey. “The BookTok/Bookstagram space has changed discoverability,” says Jolene Barto, marketing director of Dreamscape Media. “And with Spotify entering as a retailer this year, we’re seeing new opportunities.”
By Jeff T. Dick Forthcoming DVDs and Blu-rays for every taste, including Kevin Costner’s passion project, teen apocalypse mayhem, and New Jersey suburbanites seeking emotional connection.
By Jeff T. Dick This month’s top indie and foreign films feature a poignant depiction of queer loneliness, a child caught up in 19th-century religious and political conflicts, and Bob Hoskins as big-shot London gangster Harold Shand.
By LJ Reviews Enjoy festive holiday cases in these mysteries set in the yuletide season.
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