Animators from Mexico, Lebanon and Colombia created the GRAM_palestina initiative to honor the children of Gaza and demand a ceasefire.

More than 13,000 Palestinian children have been killed by Israel during its attacks on Gaza since October 7.

Stein edited a 2014 children’s book about Gaza called “The Story of Hurry,” written by Emma Williams and illustrated by Ibrahim Quraishi. She conceived the book in the belief that “fables can reach people more than hard news.” It was her last publication before her death.

As I wrote in LitHub, the Polk Awards have not indicated that they will be honoring the 130+ Palestinian journalists who have been killed, even though the awards are named for George K. Polk, who was himself killed reporting in combat (the Greek Civil War) lithub.com/as-journalists…

though i have no illusions that this refusal will move pen in any meaningful way, i am reminded that resistance is also quotidian. we must live + practice it every day, even/especially if the stakes are our careers, our livelihoods

Victorian times call for Victorian manners. democracynow.org/2024/4/10/amy_…

“A death certificate would say he died of sepsis from a bone infection, but my friend and I have a term for the illness that killed him: end-stage poverty. We needed to coin a phrase because so many of our patients die of the same thing.”
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“Dickerson's bill would make public libraries statewide sever ties with the ALA, with violators facing a fine of up to $1,000 or imprisonment, with or without hard labor, for up to two years or both.”

How we’re celebrating #NationalLibraryWeek here in Louisiana.

1.Katie and I wrote about overdose deaths and carceral politics. We push back against the increasingly common framing of jails and prisons as being part of the solution, rather than the problem, when it comes to treatment access and overdose prevention. medpagetoday.com/opinion/second…

[𝐍𝐄𝐖 Cha: An Asian Literary Journal 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖] Hui-Hua Lu on Sosuke Natsukawa's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑎𝑡 𝑊ℎ𝑜 𝑆𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 (HarperCollines, 2021), tr. from Japanese Louise Heal Kawai: 'a love letter to books, and a criticism of the ways that modern society treats books'. chajournal.blog/2024/04/10/cat…

The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that an 1864 law banning nearly all abortions is still valid. Journalist Amy Littlefield of The Nation says it's proof that 'the central strategy of the anti-abortion movement is to roll back the clock to the Victorian era.'

If you missed me & Moira Marquis, PhD talking about Books Through Bars & the importance of sending books to people in prison, you can catch us virtually next Wed, 4/17: nypl.org/events/program…

Nick Pinto is at the McDonald's on the shores of Lake Champlain

Max RN is in the Adirondacks

Katie Way is in Rochester

Adlan Jackson is on an Amtrak to QC

Esther Wang is fly fishing

I am...in NYC

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For the first time since 2020, ⁦Maya Schenwar⁩ & I were in the same place (⁦Bluestockings Cooperative⁩). We signed books & turned the store into a fashion shoot. Come get your copy—signed by both of us—while they last!

Wendy Still has been chosen as special master over FCI Dublin

Aside from journalism, almost every day we cook meals to feed the displaced in schools in North Gaza. With our very limited supplies, we cook and distribute meals to hundreds every day. We appreciate all the aid workers who were killed while trying to help us in Gaza, but our…