February 28, 2018

Not great news out of Iowa: as we wrote this weekend, local homophobes have circulated a petition to separate LGBTQ books in the public libraries of Orange City, receiving more than 300… Read more »

Libraries & librarians

Century-old critics consulted; Melville's mastery mentioned — Mike Lindgren
Solange unveils free library of rare works by Black artists and writers — Tom Clayton
Northern Ireland libraries "amnesty" sees 87,000 overdue fines wiped — Tom Clayton
A note to librarians, from author Gregory Galloway — Melville House

Michelle Obama’s second book, a memoir called Becoming, will be out this fall

Alex Primiani

It’s been a year and a half since the anxiety-and-fear-drenched American Fall of 2016. Luckily, we can expect a hint of joy and light to break through this November — according to Andrew R. Chow… Read more »

Graduates of the Institute of American Indian Arts are beginning to make their mark

Simon Reichley

On October 1st, 1962, Lloyd Kiva New and George Boyce successfully pushed Congress to create the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA), a land grant college that would “provide scholarly study of, and instruction in, Indian… Read more »

This eleven-year-old’s guide to Bitcoin teaches you all you need to know about Bitcoin

Ryan Harrington

Last year, in pursuit of his goal to make twenty million dollars by the age of fourteen, Andrew Courey (who is currently eleven) began researching Bitcoin. After devoting some serious hours to… Read more »

Melville House Books

In Iowa, homophobes are railing against their library’s LGBTQ books

Stephanie DeLuca