A few weeks ago, American librarians “celebrated” Banned Books Week. We made displays. We raised […]
Meeting an author
I met Sarah Vowell years ago, when she visited the university where I got my […]
Librarians behaving badly
From Librarian Shaming. Even before I read the Annoyed Librarian’s remarks about the Librarian Shaming […]
Shine a light
Artist unknown. After I finished reading Christopher Rice’s The Heaven’s Rise, I was left puzzled […]
A tale of two covers
I judge books by their covers. I admit it. That’s what a cover is for. […]
Have I said this already?
Derek Attig over at BookRiot wrote a great post this past week in which he […]
Pernicious power of parody
It needed to be said. John Crace has, well, bruised my enjoyment of the latest Jack […]
Free to read, you and me
Every school year brings a handful of articles reporting book challenges and bannings at various […]
So I finally wrote a best of the year list
I probably should have done this for past years, but I read seven outstanding books […]
Looking for a scapegoat
Yesterday, Nigel Duara of The Christian Science Monitor reported on the death of a young man […]