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 Government, Inside and Out | ALA Annual 2017 By Meredith Schwartz The American Library Association's internal governance was far from the only thing on the agenda at its 2017 annual conference, but neither was it forgotten—and, of course, it reflected the currents in the larger worlds of both governance and libraries. |
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 New Writers Museum Hosts CCF Benefit | ALA Annual 2017 By Lisa Peet The American Library Association's (ALA) 2017 annual conference got off to a literary start with a sold-out Friday night reception at the American Writers Museum featuring poet, author, and activist Nikki Giovanni, to benefit ALA’s Cultural Communities Fund. |
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| "It’s important we begin a conversation about what we stand for and the values we hold dear." | | |
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 News from the Show Floor | ALA Annual 2017 By Matt Enis The American Library Association's annual conference, held this year at Chicago’s McCormick Place convention center, June 22–27, included a number of announcements and product launches from library vendors. |
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 Wonder Woman, Wonderfully Reinvented | RA Crossroads By Neal Wyatt Already shaping up to be a cultural touchstone, the new Wonder Woman film illustrates the deep draw of bravery and honor while exploring superhero action and the heroic journey of coming of age. |
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 Worthy YA Heroines | SELF-esteem By Kate DiGirolomo The female protagonists who helm YA novels come from different walks of life with a variety of experiences that help them overcome their circumstances. Here are two characters, featured in titles available via LJ’s SELF-e Select, who are bound to make an impression. |
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 Thicker Than Water: Family Stories | The Reader’s Shelf By Neal Wyatt Family dynamics drive these six novels, exploring how relations act upon one another, from the way a mother binds a daughter—or sets her free—to the complexities of marriage to how siblings become mutual anchors. |
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| Xpress Reviews WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA  Gabriel Tallent's My Absolute Darling is this week's starred fiction title. "Few coming-of-age stories deliver the sheer lyrical power of Tallent’s debut, a BookExpo Buzz Book featuring 14-year-old Turtle, who lives an isolated life in the Pacific Northwest.... Lucidly written, both heartbreaking and heartfelt, this book is ultimately affirmative without the slightest sentimentality, and it’s remarkable." In graphic novels, A Thousand Coloured Castles, by Gareth Brookes, "takes readers on a journey into the lives of people with Charles Bonnet syndrome. For many, what presents itself as a mental health problem is actually a condition resulting from a loss of sight that causes the brain to fill in one’s vision with selective memories.... Spooky and edgy, but well worth the read, this intriguing story sheds light on a potentially overlooked condition." And in e-originals, Kelly Maher's The Bridesmaid and the Hurricane is "a smart and engaging romance, with a sprinkle of office politics and a backdrop of the nation’s capital thrown in for good measure."
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