Reginald Dwayne Betts on Politics, Poetry, and the MacArthur Fellowship By Eldon Ray James Poet, memoirist, attorney, and MacArthur Fellow Reginald Dwayne Betts recently partnered with artist and filmmaker Titus Kaphar on Redaction (Norton), an innovative collection of art and poetry confronting the abuses of the criminal justice system, drawing on his experience of incarceration. Retired researcher/librarian Eldon Ray James spoke with Betts about the collaboration and where politics and poetry meet and about Betts’s Freedom Reads project, through which he plans to install Freedom Library book collections in every residential prison unit in the United States. |
Display Shelf | Clean House By Melissa DeWild If you're looking for display inspiration or need to update your collection, check out these 26 books on organizing, decluttering, and cleaning. |
Display Shelf | Vegan Cookbooks By Melissa DeWild Searching for display inspiration or looking to update your collection? Here are 54 enticing vegan cookbooks. |
LJ & SLJ Public Library Youth Services Leadership Summit Library Journal and School Library Journal are thrilled to announce that we will be hosting our annual Public Library Youth Services Leadership Summit in person on March 30 (full-day) and 31 (half-day) at Broward County Library in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Join us and youth services professionals and educators from across the country to learn about innovative, effective, and actionable best practices from the library leaders who are implementing them. |
“I've tried to be very intentional about tying my work to prison, and to trying to recognize the deeply meaningful things that we're able to do post-incarceration, and how those things could be driven by changing lives and outcomes and possibilities for people inside, particularly around literacy and literature.” From: Reginald Dwayne Betts on Politics, Poetry, and the MacArthur Fellowship |
| By Neal Wyatt Karen Fine talks about pets, the life of a vet, and good books to read. |
Caroline Frost Wins Crook’s Corner Book Prize | Book Pulse By Anita Mechler Caroline Frost, Shadows of Pecan Hollow, wins the Crook’s Corner Book Prize. The Mystery Writers of America announces the Grand Master, Raven, and Ellery Queen Award winners for 2023. Topping the best-seller lists are The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes, Without a Trace by Danielle Steel, Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor, The Villa by Rachel Hawkins, and Myth America: Historians Take on the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past by Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer. There are interviews with authors such as Deena Mohamed, Kelcey Ervick, Iris Yamashita, and Kashana Cauley. |
WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA |
Nazli Koca's debut novel, The Applicant, is a starred fiction selection. "Excellently written, this first work presents Leyla as an authentic individual who will not easily be forgotten, and exquisitely explores the frustrations and insights of an inquiring mind sorting out past history, boyfriends and lovers, dreams and reality. Fans of Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi’s Call Me Zebra will appreciate." Tomorrowmind: Thriving at Work—Now and in an Uncertain Future, by Gabriella Rosen Kellerman and Martin E.P. Seligman, is a starred business and management title. "Highly recommended for all public and academic libraries and business collections." In audiobooks, Fencing with the King by Diana Abu-Jaber is a starred selection. "Abu-Jaber’s latest, enhanced by Zamamiri’s flawless narration, should be a part of every audio fiction collection. An excellent book group selection, and a winner for listeners seeking romance, mystery, action-adventure, and insight into Middle East history and politics." And The American Way: A True Story of Nazi Escape, Superman, and Marilyn Monroe by Helene Stapinski and Bonnie Siegler is a starred history title. "Should appeal widely." See All Reviews››› |
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