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Bookish March Madness
If you are anything like me, the level of mania that surrounds college basketball in March is bemusing. I don’t really understand March Madness, but I do appreciate the fun bookish events that it brings with it! There are multiple more local March Madness events hosted by libraries throughout the country, but my favorite one is below. The Rooster: Tournament of Books Every year, The Rooster hosts a super fun tournament of books, in which some of the most popular books of the past year are pitted against each-other and judged by authors, writers, and editors throughout the book industry. The criteria for judging is pretty much up to individual…
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Dangerous Fiction: Stories of the Displaced and Placeless – A Reading List by Omar El Akkad
A few months ago, I got the opportunity to attend a talk by Omar El Akkad, the author of the incredible book American War. We were in a small room with about 10 people, and I was in heaven. His talk was fascinating and centered on the ways that displacement and disruption can fracture personal identities. In addition, he did something that will always win me over. He gave us a book list. Some of the books I had read, some I had heard of, and some were completely new. I wanted to share this list with you. It is for those who read American War, and also for those…
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Dead Feminists: A Reading List
Recently, I picked up a beautiful book by Seattle printers Chandra O’Leary and Jessica Spring. Dead Feminists combines brief biographies of women who have worked for feminism and social justice with reproductions of prints they have designed for each woman. Their beautiful broadside prints highlight the words and accomplishments of women throughout the ages, from Sappho in ancient Greece to the Thea Ross, the inspiration for Tugboat Annie. Furthermore, Chandra and Jessica donate part of their proceeds from each print to charities and organizations related to the message and work of the feminist being profiled. These are still being made, and there make a limited run of between 100 and…
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