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Five fascinating reads about grief for Mental Health Awareness Month
Find insights for Mental Health Awareness Month from five grieving authors who chart intimate journeys through their shaken worlds.
Not Too Young for This: Chronic Illness and Disability in Young Adult Books
Fiction can be windows, mirrors, and sliding glass doors to all kinds of identities, chronically ill and disabled included. These seven young adult books offer varied experiences and responses to life with a chronic illness or disability as a teen.
Passing
A historically and culturally significant part of the history of Black American experience, passing was the tactical measure used by some Blacks to evade US segregation. Mixed race African Americans with little to no visible African ancestry were able to pass as White in the US to gain economic and social status and to escape oppression and degradation that were inherent during the construction of race, Jim Crow discrimination and segregation in the US.
Top Ten Most Challenged Books of 2023
Kick-off National Library Week with #RightToReadDay by checking out the 10 most challenged books of 2023.
It's the old, old story
We see it at the movies, hear it in songs, and read it in many books: retellings of stories that have been told since before writing.
The Call Is Coming from Inside the (Publishing) House
The call is coming from inside the (publishing) house! These novels feature scathing indictments of their makers, delivering sharp commentary on the publishing industry, writers, and the world of the written word.