Celebrating the Freedom to Read: September 25- October 1, 2016 -
Frequently Challenged Books with Diverse Content
We Are the American Heartbreak: Langston Hughes on Race in a Rare Recording
MacArthur Grant Winner Claudia Rankine On Charlotte: “This Violence Is Not Accidental”
Banned Book Week Gets Diverse: "The majority of banned books are disproportionally from diverse authors," Olusina Debayo, project manager for the Association of American Publishers, wrote
in a post on the AAP website. "[The American Library Association's] Office for Intellectual Freedom has determined that 52% of the books challenged, or banned, over the past decade are from titles that are considered diverse content."
Chris Edwards: No Regrets:
After a career in advertising that spanned nearly 20 years, Chris Edwards left his post as executive v-p, group creative director, at Arnold Worldwide to write his memoir, Balls: It Takes Some to Get Some(Greenleaf Book Group, October 4), about his transgender journey.
Children’s Books Featuring Diverse Characters Are More Likely to Be Banned
Trenton Lee Stewart Accidentally Starts a Mystery on Goodreads
Book Deals: Week of September 26, 2016 In a world rights deal, teen/middle grade novelist Jason Reynolds signed with Marvel Press to write a YA novel featuring the Marvel superhero Miles Morales, who debuted in 2011 and is the first African-American and Puerto Rican character to become Spider-Man.
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