Brave new world? Arizona school district bans books by Chicano, Native...
It's not such a 'brave new world' after all. A school district in Arizona largely made up of Mexican-Americans has been forced to slash its ethnic studies program, and now the books are going, too....
View ArticleWestern civilization rescued from clutches of oblivion as Utah school removes...
In a brave and deeply principled move that will very likely save our culture from extinction, librarians at a Utah elementary school have restricted access to Patricia Polacco's "In Our Mother's...
View ArticleJudy Blume goes digital for the first time: 'Forever' available as e-book
Parents of tweens must be cringing: Earlier this week, Simon & Schuster Children’s released the first ever Judy Blume e-book and, fittingly, the story they chose to inaugurate this momentous...
View ArticleBlogger for Commentary blasts National Book Award nominees as 'dreadful'
D.G. Myers of Commentary, who runs that publication's Literary Commentary blog, is one of our sharper commentators on the book scene – and I say that as someone who has come into his crosshairs. The...
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