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 National Archives Doctors Women’s March Photo, Apologizes By Lisa Peet In response to a January 17 Washington Post article by reporter Joe Heim, the Washington, DC–based National Archives and Record Administration has restored an altered promotional photograph in its lobby to its original state and published an apology on its website. |
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 Wes Moore's Opening Keynote | ALA Midwinter 2020 By Lisa Peet Moore—an author, social entrepreneur, television producer, and decorated U.S. Army combat veteran—began with the expected recounting of how books and libraries opened the world to a non-reading, troublemaking kid. But his story quickly moved beyond the standard narrative. |
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 Reviewers of the Year 2019 By LJ Reviews LJ editors rely on reviewers' dedication, expertise, and trusted insights throughout the year. As 2019 wound to a close, we took the opportunity to highlight some of our exceptional reviewers. |
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| "In their attempt to practice neutrality—which is impossible in archival work—the National Archives did serious damage to the integrity of the profession and to archivists everywhere who pride themselves on preserving the authenticity of the historical records we care for while presenting that history, as it exists, unvarnished, to the public." | | |
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 Sonny Mehta: Portrait of a Visionary Publisher By Barbara Hoffert Interviews with colleagues of Sonny Mehta, including a full-length Q&A with Edward Kastenmeier, Executive Editor, Vintage Anchor Books, reveal Mehta's influence in the publishing industry and razor-sharp focus on his books. |
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 Run Your Week: Big Books, Sure Bets, & Titles Making News | Book Pulse By Neal Wyatt When You See Me, by Lisa Gardner, leads holds this week. The RUSA/CODES book awards (The Reading List, Notable Books, The Listen List, and more) were announced, as were the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction. Michelle Obama wins the Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for Becoming. |
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 Page to Screen | Book Pulse By Neal Wyatt Reagan Arthur has been named executive vice-president and publisher at Knopf. The week ahead in adaptations is filled with the unnerving and the funny. The Portico Prize for Literature is announced, as is the longlist for the International Dylan Thomas Prize. |
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| WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA  Michael DeForge's starred graphic novel, Familiar Face, "pushes his ability to wring pathos out of surreal situations further than ever in this dazzling satire of technology run rampant that doubles as a meditation on the sense of alienation that often grows out of heartbreak." Also in graphic novels, Derf Backderf's starred selection, Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio, is "an incendiary corrective to the myths and misconceptions surrounding" the National Guard occupation of the Kent State University campus in May 1970 "and a memorial to the lives lost or forever altered that should be required reading for all Americans." The Winter of the Cartoonist, by Paco Roca, is another starred graphic novel. "While structurally challenging, Roca’s massively appealing illustration and masterly sense of narrative make this true story exceptionally compelling." And Alisha Rai's Girl Gone Viral is this week's starred fiction selection. "Rai follows up The Right Swipe with a sweet and spicy romance that delves into some deep issues of mental health for both main characters (severe anxiety and PTSD), as well as the effects of social media on people’s lives."
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