Readers can expect a new Zora Neale Hurston book in 2018
It hasn’t even started yet, but 2018 is already shaping up into a great year for lost books from literary titans. Last week we learned that James Baldwin’s Little Man, Little Man—his… Read more »
If you can’t do the time, please give back all the Agatha Christie audiobooks that you checked out in 1988
Well, here we are again. Another small, likely underfunded public library system, facing the loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars of inventory, is turning to America’s greatest institution: the… Read more »
Alabama prepares for Zika with a “Skeeter Beaters Coloring Book”
Earlier this week, the United States Senate voted to commit $1.1 billion in emergency funding to combat the Zika virus (which, if you haven’t been listening, can cause serious birth… Read more »
If you could mail a book to 2,000 teens, which book would it be?
I’m a pretty standard news consumer, in that I love reading stories about things that are familiar and relatable to me, particularly in a professional sense. And if it’s a… Read more »
Four opportunities for writers to win some real estate (and maybe a new career)
A writing career isn’t always a lucrative proposition, but I’ve noticed that there’s suddenly a number of opportunities for writers to win a place to live. Now that I have… Read more »
Alabama state senator calls for a ban on The Bluest Eye
Bill Holtzclaw, a state senator in Alabama, is seeking to have Toni Morrison’s novel The Bluest Eye banned from high schools and school libraries throughout the state. Challen Stephens reports… Read more »