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Mississippi orders deletion of race and gender databases in state libraries Library commission says state ‘in dire shape’ and has ‘had a reconsideration of everything with regard to’ Doge

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12.04.2025 16:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Black Literary Brooklyn | Substack A love letter to the borough and the brilliance of Black storytelling. Click to read Black Literary Brooklyn, a Substack publication. Launched 2 hours ago.

An archive. A love letter. A beginning.
I’ve been dreaming of this project since 2016.
📚 Black Literary Brooklyn celebrates the people, places, and stories that nurture Brooklyn’s Black literary legacy.
The Substack is live. blackliterarybk.substack.com

10.04.2025 03:30 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Are We Taking A.I. Seriously Enough? There’s no longer any scenario in which A.I. fades into irrelevance. We urgently need voices from outside the industry to help shape its future.

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Still thinking about this wonderful book talk with Renee Watson & Jason Reynolds on 2/3 for the release of All the Blues in the Sky. bookshop.org/p/books/all-...

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Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand.
#resist

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What a treat it was to host Laurie Halse Anderson & Kevin Lewis this week. They were both incredible. There's nothing like watching students enraptured & engaged to remind you of the power of books. Bless the authors who truly see young readers. Bless the writers who truly see children & teens.

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Well-known Virginia Tech professor dies at 81 Virginia Tech professor and poet, Nikki Giovanni, has died at the age of 81.

Virginia Tech professor and poet, Nikki Giovanni, has died at the age of 81.

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LA Public Library to celebrate the life and legacy of LA’s first Black librarian, Miriam Matthews Miriam Matthews was the city’s first Black librarian, as well as a tireless advocate for the arts and against censorship. On Wednesday, Dec. 11, LAPL’s Hyde Park Miriam Matthews Branch will honor its ...

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In case you didn't know, librarians are educated professionals with a master's degree and don't just willy nilly buy any old books for their libraries.

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Velshi Banned Book Club: Judy Blume and Jason Reynolds and the legacy of ‘Forever…’ Judy Blume’s body of work emerged in a time where there was no dedicated young adult genre – no body of work for the teenagers of this nation to parse through. Blume’s ability to craft the nuanced you...

The iconic Judy Blume has inspired millions of readers & writers – including the latest novel from Jason Reynolds. Yet these essential books are being banned across the U.S.

Blume: “Get busy standing up and speaking out"

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