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During Women's History Month, we honor in all genres, fiction and nonfiction, the powerhouse women who broke down barriers and pushed back against the status quo. What about the other 99.9% of women whose names will never be in a history book?
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This year, my intention is to focus less on quantity, read books that help me understand and appreciate the world around me, and read more books published at least two years ago. If you’re also looking for a way to move beyond numbers with your reading in 2024, here are a few challenges sure to inspire.
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Rebecca Howard recommends her favorite familial stories and shares some of her own, too.
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Here are some books that have changed my life along with more pivotal reads from queer authors.
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Discovering books is rarely a problem for me, as I am surrounded by options (perks of working in a library).
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I’m a natural skeptic. But every once in a while in one’s life, you experience a confluence of ideas in what you’re reading, listening to, or talking about that has the potential to create a shift in the way you see the world.
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From June to December of 2021, the American Library Association reported 155 book censorship attempts.
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Every reader has likely experienced the book hangover at some point in their life.
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One of the most comforting sounds to me is the iconic dun-dun sound at the beginning of a Law and order episode. In fact, this sound so comforts me that reruns of Law and order are the only television I want to watch when I am at home sick...
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I’ve been spending the past several weeks preparing for a Books Sandwiched In presentation on Marilynne Robinson.
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This may be difficult for a nonfiction purist to hear, but I may have learned more about past events and figures through fiction than from any history…