Poet, memoirist, attorney, and MacArthur Fellow Reginald Dwayne Betts recently partnered with artist and filmmaker Titus Kaphar on Redaction (Norton), an innovative collection of art and poetry confronting the abuses of the criminal justice system, drawing on his experience of incarceration. Retired researcher/librarian Eldon Ray James spoke with Betts about the collaboration and where politics and poetry meet and about Betts’s Freedom Reads project, through which he plans to install Freedom Library book collections in every residential prison unit in the United States.
As the publishing industry makes greater concerted efforts to represent the rich diversity of the world in which we live, small presses and imprints under larger houses are taking the lead.
Starred titles reviewed in the January Life+Style issue highlight the best books to learn to make a garden, cherish pets, find a quiet center, and so much more.
Library Journal and School Library Journal are thrilled to announce that we will be hosting our annual Public Library Youth Services Leadership Summit in person on March 30 (full-day) and 31 (half-day) at Broward County Library in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Join us and youth services professionals and educators from across the country to learn about innovative, effective, and actionable best practices from the library leaders who are implementing them.
“I've tried to be very intentional about tying my work to prison, and to trying to recognize the deeply meaningful things that we're able to do post-incarceration, and how those things could be driven by changing lives and outcomes and possibilities for people inside, particularly around literacy and literature.”
Women’s history is not confined by borders or dates. It is unfolding in the headlines every day, around the globe. It is in the pages of these 10 books too, which range across time and continents while considering the varied lives and histories of women.
Caroline Frost, Shadows of Pecan Hollow, wins the Crook’s Corner Book Prize. The Mystery Writers of America announces the Grand Master, Raven, and Ellery Queen Award winners for 2023. Topping the best-seller lists are The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes, Without a Trace by Danielle Steel, Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor, The Villa by Rachel Hawkins, and Myth America: Historians Take on the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past by Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer. There are interviews with authors such as Deena Mohamed, Kelcey Ervick, Iris Yamashita, and Kashana Cauley.
Nazli Koca's debut novel, The Applicant, is a starred fiction selection. "Excellently written, this first work presents Leyla as an authentic individual who will not easily be forgotten, and exquisitely explores the frustrations and insights of an inquiring mind sorting out past history, boyfriends and lovers, dreams and reality. Fans of Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi’s Call Me Zebra will appreciate." Tomorrowmind: Thriving at Work—Now and in an Uncertain Future, by Gabriella Rosen Kellerman and Martin E.P. Seligman, is a starred business and management title. "Highly recommended for all public and academic libraries and business collections." In audiobooks, Fencing with the King by Diana Abu-Jaber is a starred selection. "Abu-Jaber’s latest, enhanced by Zamamiri’s flawless narration, should be a part of every audio fiction collection. An excellent book group selection, and a winner for listeners seeking romance, mystery, action-adventure, and insight into Middle East history and politics." And The American Way: A True Story of Nazi Escape, Superman, and Marilyn Monroe by Helene Stapinski and Bonnie Siegler is a starred history title. "Should appeal widely."
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