Book ban overturned in Arizona prison
Arizona is not famous for its humane treatment of incarcerated people. In fact, it is famous for the opposite. But perhaps we should savor small victories when they come. For… Read more »
Pulitzer in literature awarded to Richard Powers; Parkland journalism students honored
Announced on Monday, the Pulitzer Prizes brought an emotionally uplifting respite to an otherwise dreary day. For NPR, Colin Dwyer reports on some of the highlights. The Pulitzer in literature went… Read more »
Libraries in San Diego erase $2 million in late fees
Libraries in San Diego are forgiving a big debt: the city library system is erasing $2 million in overdue book fines. According to a report from Cat Schuknecht at NPR,… Read more »
Author of How to Do Nothing doing something with NPR
I was so psyched about Jenny Odell’s fantastic interview with NPR’s Think with Krys Boyd that I had to share it with our dedicated Mobiers. Here’s the first snippet of conversation… Read more »
Never-before-seen letters by Georgia O’Keeffe offer perspective into her life in the 1930s
The Library of Congress has acquired “a trove of letters” by the famous artist Georgia O’Keeffe, according to Elizabeth Blair at NPR. What these long-lost letters elucidate is a woman deeply… Read more »
Refugee wins Australia’s most prestigious literary prize—isn’t allowed to enter the country
One of Australia’s most prestigious literary prizes was just awarded to Kurdish-Iranian refugee and journalist Behrouz Boochani. According to NPR’s Colin Dwyer however, due to the country’s immigration system, Boochani was not… Read more »
We need more diverse voices in journalism, literally
A few months ago we suggested that when we say “poet voice” you knew what we were talking about: a white-washed set of conventions that have come to seem like… Read more »
Librarians are fed up with you people using cheese to mark your pages
What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever used as a bookmark? A feather? A candy wrapper? An old photograph of a man’s rear end? (The latter is not just idle conjecture;… Read more »
The Simpsons looks to books, but learns nothing new
“The Simpsons head to a series of bookstores.” It’s hard to believe this quote comes from a negative review of a recent episode of The Simpsons. After all, these are some… Read more »
NPR just suffered a long train of abuses by the Twitter illiterati
When in the course of human events it becomes necessary to identify our most ridiculous citizens, it’ll be easy: just look for the people so hellbent on freedom that they… Read more »