September 30, 2016

On May 9th, the Kansas City Public Library hosted Dennis Ross, a former staffer in the G.W. Bush and Clinton administrations and author of Doomed to Succeed: The U.S.-Israel Relationship… Read more »

Jerks

Disgraced former health minister in talks to publish new book How I Won the Covid War — Nikki Griffiths
Cancelled Philip Roth biography finds a new publisher while author is accused of sexual assault — Nikki Griffiths
Racist colouring book distributed publicly by far right German political party AfD — Nikki Griffiths
Trump administration tries to stop funding libraries ... again — Andréa Córdova

Egyptian TV host goes on air to defend murder of Jordanian writer

Kait Howard

The report on Tuesday that an Egyptian TV host publicly supported the murder of Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar is only the latest in an ongoing story about extremism and limits to free speech… Read more »

Ma Dukes is publishing a children’s book about her son, the amazing J Dilla

Ian Dreiblatt

This year marks a decade since the death of J Dilla, a musician whose gifts were so many and so apparent, whose legacy is so treasured, and who was himself so loved… Read more »

Remembering Anna Politkovskaya

Melville House

Next week marks the tenth anniversary of the assassination of Russian journalist (and, posthumously, Melville House author) Anna Politkovskaya. Politkovskaya was a courageous and excellent journalist, among the most prominent critics… Read more »

Melville House Books

Library worker arrested and beaten by Kansas City Police at public event

Simon Reichley