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Michael McClure, famed Beat poet who helped launch the SF Renaissance, dead at 87

May 07 2020: Michael McClure, the young poet recruited to put together the famed Six Gallery readings in 1955 that launched the San Francisco Renaissance and the legend of the Beats, died Monday, May 4, at his home in the Oakland hills. He was 87.

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Colson Whitehead: Black author makes Pulitzer Prize history

May 04 2020: US author Colson Whitehead has become only the fourth writer ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction twice.

The African-American author was honored for The Nickel Boys, which chronicles the abuse of black boys at a juvenile reform school in Florida.

Whitehead, ...

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Print unit book sales rose 10% last week

Apr 30 2020: Unit sales of print books are proving to be surprisingly resilient despite the massive disruption to the economy caused by the coronavirus, rising 10% last week compared to the week ended April 18 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Sales were nearly flat with units...

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Federal Appeals Court declares literacy a constitutional right

Apr 24 2020: In a potential landmark ruling, the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held this week that access to a basic minimum education “that can plausibly impart literacy” is a fundamental, Constitutionally protected right.

In a 2-1 ruling released on April 23, the court ...

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Indie publishers and booksellers waiting for CARES Act relief

Apr 21 2020: As small businesses around the country await funds from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES ) Act, indie publishers and booksellers are having mixed experiences trying to secure this financial lifeline. “Some seem to have sailed through the ...

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LGBTQ children’s books face record calls for bans in US libraries

Apr 21 2020: Attempts to remove books from libraries across the US rose almost a fifth last year, with children’s books featuring LGBTQ characters making up 80% of the most challenged books.

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Libraries losing funding at critical time

Apr 17 2020: “Just when people need their libraries the most, funding is decreasing.” That’s the urgent warning from American Library Association President Wanda Brown.

Librarians are delivering books; expanding their e-book, audio and movie collections; providing virtual ...

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Organizations demand prison e-book readers drop access fees during COVID-19

Apr 17 2020: With prisons and jails in lockdown because of the coronavirus, inmates have almost no educational or recreational activities left. This week, PEN America and many justice reform groups and literacy organizations sent an open letter to the CEOs of Aventiv Technologies ...

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