Twista to Trump: Don’t send feds, send books
Add Twista to the ever-growing list of people pissed off at President Trump. The former Fastest Rapper in the World (per Guinness) and brains behind 2004’s number-one hit “Slow Jamz” took… Read more »
Meet Muhammad Ridwan Alimuddina, the seafaring librarian
It’s true: there is no such thing as an average librarian. There are, course, camel-riding librarians, and horse-riding librarians. Patriot Act-defying librarians, absurdly generous librarians, and goddamn hero librarians. Absolutely.… Read more »
This week in American reading habits
Last week, we did a brief summary of data released by the NEA on the number of Americans reading literature (defined as poetry, plays, short stories, or dramas). The short… Read more »
#amnotreading: National Endowment for the Arts releases data on arts partcipation for 2013-2015
Earlier this week the National Endowment for the Arts released the results of its Annual Arts Basic Survey (AABS). The survey gathers annual data on arts participation at the national,… Read more »
Colombian book fair looks to expand beyond the legacy of Marquéz
Monday marked the end of the nearly two week long celebration of the international and Colombian literature that is the Bogota Book Fair (FILBo). Since 1987, The Feria del libro has… Read more »
This horse is a library!
Last week we wrote about a petition, sponsored by Project Literacy, which calls on the United Nations to embrace a bold new plan to eliminate the risk of childhood illiteracy… Read more »
New program will provide free ebooks to many low-income children
Yesterday, MobyLives wrote about Project Literacy’s petition calling on the United Nations to make increasing literacy around the globe a major goal. Coincidentally, this isn’t the only literary initiative to… Read more »
In a region dominated by Mexican drug cartels, a new bookstore
Apatzingán, the capital of Mexico’s mountainous Tierra Caliente region, has long been a stronghold for drug trafficking cartels—which means that if you’ve heard of it, it’s probably from the media… Read more »
Hackers made an LA traffic sign say “READ A FUCKING BOOK”
Hacking! It’s the word of the moment. It happened to Sony. Australian torso Chris Hemsworth is playing a hacker in a new movie, Blackhat, which comes out this Friday. And yet,… Read more »
British prison book ban overturned
Controversial restrictions placed by the UK’s Ministry of Jusice on packages sent to prisoners, which effectively banned the receipt of books, have been lifted. The Guardian reports that the restriction, which was… Read more »