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azteclady

@romancelandia @bookstodon

After reading "Authors discover book bans, four years later" by #KellyJensen over at #BookRiot, (here: bookriot.com/stephen-king-and-), on #StephenKing's shock and surprise that *his* books are being banned in Florida. #PatriciaCornwell is also shocked. Indeed, how dare they!

I can't resist the impulse to post my very own hot take--from November 2023.

herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/

From the Book Riot link: "Is he really? Has he really been living in such a removed part of American reality that he hasn’t seen a single headline about books being banned by the hundreds or thousands? Has he not seen the lawsuits being filed over book bans in several states? Has he not seen a single headline about legislation meant to fight book bans? What about the stories — so many of which went viral — about Idaho public libraries requiring parental permission slips for anyone under 18 to even be near the adult section? What about the 13 books banned by the state of Utah in public schools? There were several stories in The New York Times and Washington Post covering book bans and the ways in which public and school librarians have been putting their safety and livelihoods on the line in the name of ensuring kids could access books."
Also from the Book Riot link in my post: King wasn’t the only one to Columbus book bans in the past week. So, too, did Patricia Cornwell. She couldn’t believe one of her books was banned in Florida, either. “Are you kidding me?” No, Patricia. No one is. No one has been making this up. You’ve just elected not to think about it until you were personally impacted. You could supply your over one million followers with action items or encourage them to show up to support the freedom to read in their own communities. But alas, you didn’t.
More from the Book Riot piece linked in my post: Imagine if instead of headlines about Stephen King saying “what the fuck?” about a thing that’s no secret, the headlines were about how King told his seven+ million followers to haul their asses to a library or school board meeting and defend the right to read? Imagine if he donated money to a group like Florida Freedom to Read so they could continue to mobilize in the state that has banned his books and continue to do the tireless work of tracking books banned in its school districts.
#BookBans#Libraries#LiteraryActivism
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azteclady

@romancelandia @bookstodon

Hat tip to Reader Advisory For All's antiracist advocate Becky Spratford: read the executive summary from the Knight Foundation and Langer Research Associates survey on the U.S. public about #BookBans in school#Llibraries, and how that extrapolates to public libraries:
raforall.blogspot.com/2024/08/

You can read Literary Activism's #KellyJensen's take via #BookRiot here:
bookriot.com/most-americans-op

raforall.blogspot.comSurvey Results: Americans' Views on Book Restrictions in US Public SchoolsClick here to download the full report for free The Knight Foundation in partnership with Langer Research Associates has released their full...
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Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈

#American #Intolerance and #BookBans: #BookCensorshipNews

This is the fifth in a series of posts that will offer #insights and #callstoaction based on the results of three recent #surveys conducted by #BookRiot and the #EveryLibraryInstitute.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Racism #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

bookriot.com/american-intolera

BOOK RIOT · American Intolerance and Book Bans: Book Censorship News, February 2, 2024Books by or about queer people and people of color draw ire because intolerance is baked into American culture. That + book censorship news.
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Jonathan Emmesedi

If you're like me and know little or nothing about manga (Japanese comics) and are looking for a way into this medium, read Vernieda Vergara's "A Beginner's Guide to Manga".

This Book Riot piece introduces the topic more clearly and concisely than does the Wikipedia article. It also offers notable examples of works in various important manga genres.

I now have a better idea of what to look for in libraries and bookshops.

Vergara posts to Mastodon as Miss V
@blackmagie

A Beginner’s Guide to Manga And Types Of Manga | Book Riot

bookriot.com/guide-to-manga/

BOOK RIOT · A Beginner’s Guide to Manga And Types Of Manga | Book RiotInterested in manga but don't know where to begin? Check out this beginner's guide to manga, which breaks down different types of manga and must-reads.
#Manga#GraphicNovels#JapaneseComics
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Melissa

#bookriot's #kellyjensen reports on #censorship. In her latest:

"...none of this is limited to “bad” or “red” states. Bad actors aren’t just in states that folks like to malign; they’re even in “good” states where there are new laws protecting libraries from book bans or where library workers have been preparing for these possibilities. The belief that we should only care about “good” states plays right into the very systems that the christian nationalist book censors create."

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