Book Ban Battles and Reading Wars: Public Libraries and the Science of Reading By Laura Winnick Library Journal spoke with several education professors whose work spans children’s literature, critical librarianship, education, and policy to explain current research on the reading wars, sift through state policies, and offer advice on the role libraries can play in reading instruction and children’s literacy. |
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Gotta Sing the Blues: The Blues Archive at the University of Mississippi By Elisa Shoenberger Since its founding in 1984, the University of Mississippi’s Blues Archive has collected virtually everything related to the blues, from sheet music, concert tickets, and recordings to record label business files and even clothing. Thanks to a website revamp and a multiyear grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) to digitize materials, this year the archive is starting its 40th anniversary in style. |
LA Times Book Prizes Finalists Announced | Book Pulse By Kate Merlene Finalists for the 44th Los Angeles Times Book Prizes are announced; Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jane Smiley will receive the Robert Kirsch Award for Lifetime Achievement, and Claire Dederer will receive the Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose for Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma. |
“There is a lot of data, dozens and dozens of studies demonstrating that when there is a strong library program and certification, it can move student achievement significantly. You’re dissolving the certification of librarians. I just don’t know that the problem you’re identifying…merits upending a system that’s been shown to really improve student results.” —From “Georgia Weighs Loss of LIS Accreditation in Potential Break with ALA” |
Literary Fiction | Prepub Alert, August 2024 Titles By Melissa DeWild and Neal Wyatt Pulitzer Prize–winning Strout sets her newest in old surroundings, populated by beloved characters while additional award–winning authors, including Yoko Ogawa and Ismet Prcic, have new novels. |
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