A documentary on libraries, learning race and media, and more news for non-fiction lovers
Columbia has canceled Karen Attiah’s class on breed, the media and international affairs – but it will still teach it. I love to see these forms of resistance, the dedication to share knowledge in an accessible manner as the institutions are disturbing their departments of I.
On her sub -Sack newsletter, Attiah describes how her dream class was and she built from scratch. But due to Trump’s new politicians, Columbia University has decided not to offer it. This summer in 4 to 6 weeks, Attiah will offer class as a “hybrid mixture of conferences and online recordings live, access to a program, guest speakers and live discussions available for paid participants.” Although the current class is exhausted, I can’t help but imagine that more classes like this will appear in the future.
A new documentary checks the many ways whose libraries are a free “ for all ” (NPR))
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With the administration of Trump trying to finance the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), libraries more than ever need our support. Recently, NPR highlighted Free for allA new documentary on the history of public libraries in America and how they were so important for our communities and our culture.
I don’t know about you, but this documentary jumps directly at the top of my surveillance list. It is available to broadcast on PBS.
Read your resistance: Book prohibition and bravery: a conversation with Samira Ahmed (Chicago Review of Books))
On the Chicago Review of BooksGregg Zimmerman interviews Samira Ahmed, one of the group’s leaders, Authors against the prohibition of bookswhich has more than 5,000 members. I really appreciated that by describing how disastrous the state of the prohibition of books is, it also describes some of the recent victories for people who fight for the freedom to read.
