Idaho libraries are under attack and children must now have parent-signed waivers to use them. Thankfully this is not the case in Ferrante’s “My Brilliant Friend.”
Tag Archives: libraries
The Dangerous Power of Libraries
Libraries as described by poet Paul Engle are sometimes repositories of dynamite, sometimes of comfort.
Fighting Back against Book Censors
Judy Blume weighs in on book bans while a Washington Post pundit shows how we can find ways to resist.
Read to Resist Fascism
Book bans are spreading around America. Neil Gaiman makes an impassioned plea for libraries.
If Librarians Were Honest…
This Joe Mills poem reminds us that libraries are dangerous–because they change lives.
Books Held to the Chest, Close to the Heart
Nikki Giovanni celebrates a librarian who underwent humiliation from whites to get her the books she wanted.
No Frigate Like a Book
Friday To end the week, I share one of Ilya Milstein’s enchanting illustrations, along with the Emily Dickinson poem that it reminds me of. We start off in a library and, next thing we know, we have been transported “lands away.” I haven’t always admired “There is no frigate like a book,” perhaps because I […]
What Our Libraries Reveal about Us
Merging my library with my father’s have given me a new appreciation for him.
A World of Books amid a World of Green
Treat yourself to two delightful poems about books and gardens by the Victorian/Edwardian poet Richard Le Gallienne.