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.
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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.
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Read to Resist Fascism
Book bans are spreading around America. Neil Gaiman makes an impassioned plea for libraries.
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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 […]
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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.
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