- Elizabeth Heubeck extols the virtues and benefits of school librarians, a sadly vanishing breed. (Education Week)
- And Warren Bronson would like to point out how important libraries are for the incarcerated. (LitHub)
- Also, Tom McGrath explores all the great things public libraries do for their communities in addition to checking out books. (Boston Magazine)
- Etaf Rum shares the complicated, depressing experience of being a Palestinian writer in the fall of 2023, and of growing up as a young girl of color who found recognition in the words of other women writers of color. (LitHub)
- Barnes & Noble’s decision to sunset their oldest e-readers is a stark reminder that these devices are not the same as print books. Umar Shakir reports. (The Verge)
- Meanwhile, Arvyn Cerézo discusses the problems with the ebook formats Amazon Kindles do and do not support—to the annoyance of readers. (BookRiot)
- The amazing performer Pink gave away 2,000 challenged books at her recent concerts in Florida, report Elizabeth Blair and Chloe Veltman. (NPR)
- April White explores the astonishingly large collection of all types of dictionaries collected by Madeline Kripke. (Atlas Obscura)
- Katherine Churchill’s love of old books and archives brought her to a new love: the medieval writer John Gower. (LitHub)
- …and it’s time for more censorship news, courtesy of the good folks at BookRiot.
The story about the dictionary collection was great. What an interesting thing to focus in on.
I really want to dig into that collection. I love slang dictionaries!