Banning the Book Bans

Last December, librarian Martha Hickson stood next to New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy as he signed into law the state’s Freedom to Read Act. The legislation prevents schools and libraries from removing books based on viewpoint discrimination, requires Read more

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Going to Press

Libraries typically provide books—not publish them. But eight years ago, Ann Arbor (Mich.) District Library (AADL) had some voices it wanted the world to hear.

“We’ve always had a hardcore group of local writers,” says AADL Librarian Erin Helmrich. Read more

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Slide into the Library

At Hewitt (Tex.) Public Library (HPL), teens enthusiastically shared slideshows on the history of roads and the comparative merits of doors and wheels. None of this was schoolwork.

PowerPoint is finding new life among young people as a tool Read more

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Poems in Novels

Volume 29, Issue 1-2, April – November 2023, Page 22-40.

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