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| September 26, 2019 |  Tenured Library Faculty Laid Off at St. Cloud State U By Lisa Peet Four librarians were among the eight tenured faculty members laid off from St. Cloud State University, MN, at the beginning of the 2019–20 academic year. Final notices to those impacted, who also included three philosophy professors and a theater professor, were delivered on September 16. Laying off four full-time librarians will cut the library's faculty by almost a quarter. |
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 National Book Award Longlists Introduce Newcomers, Bear Witness By Barbara Hoffert During the week of September 16, the National Book Foundation rolled out the longlists for its National Book Awards in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature. Fresh faces and newly nominated publishers help shape the list. |
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 LJ Talks to Comics Mover and Shaker Kim Deitch By Tom Batten Kim Deitch began his career scripting comics in the pages of the East Village Other in 1967. Often regarded as a "cartoonist’s cartoonist," he won an Eisner Award for Stuff of Dreams in 2003 and an Inkpot Award in 2008. |
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| "The library is the canary in the coal mine. If a university is cutting back on its library resources and services, and cutting back on its library people, they're going to start cutting other things. The library is the center of the university." | | |
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 Barbara’s Picks (Jamal Khashoggi, Nancy Pelosi, the Compton Cowboys, & More), Plus Other Key Titles on What’s Happening Now: In-the-News Previews, Apr. 2020, Pt. 1 | Prepub Alert By Barbara Hoffert Reviews of Say Your Word, Then Leave: The Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi and the Power of the Truth; The Compton Cowboys: The New Generation of Cowboys in America’s Urban Heartland; Three Tigers, One Mountain: A Journey Through the Bitter History and Current Conflicts of China, Korea, and Japan; and more. |
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SCIENCES
PREMIUM The Hidden World of the FoxBy Adele Brand This beautifully written work paying homage to red foxes will appeal to those interested in urban wildlife and the ever-increasing conflicts between humans and other animals. |
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PREMIUM Erosion: Essays of UndoingBy Terry Tempest Williams These essays are wide ranging and heartfelt and will attract dedicated environmentalists. |
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BIOGRAPHY
The Life and Afterlife of Harry HoudiniBy Joe Posnanski Imbued with Posnanski’s infectious passion for all things Houdini, this is a rollicking look at one of the 20th century’s most influential and enigmatic entertainers. |
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PREMIUM Black Radical: The Life and Times of William Monroe TrotterBy Kerri K Greenidge Greenidge’s meticulously documented, free-flowing narrative draws telling comparisons between the opening of the 20th and 21st centuries to reorient the career of black radicalism, showing how Trotter developed the art of public protest and civil disobedience. A must-read for both scholars and general readers interested in the civil rights movement. |
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 Inside Queens Public Library's New Jewel Box at Hunters Point | Editorial By Rebecca T. Miller The people of Queens can stop waiting and start using their brand new Hunters Point Community Library. And they should. The 22,000 square foot building, which opened September 24 after long delays and a cost of $40 million, is a major investment that is likely to be intensely used and long enjoyed. |
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 ACADEMIC BESTSELLERS: Music and Art By LJ Reviews 1. Ninth Street Women: Lee Krasner, Elaine De Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement that Changed Modern Art
Gabriel, Mary
Little, Brown
2018. ISBN 9780316226189. $35 2. How Art Works: A Psychological Exploration
Winner, Ellen
Oxford University Press
2019. ISBN 9780190863357. $29.95 3. Which Side Are You On?: 20th Century American History in 100 Protest Songs
Sullivan, James
Oxford University Press
2019. ISBN 9780190660307. $24.95 |
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