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I’ve been on a big Mexican Literature kick! These are some great authors to check out. 

http://bookriot.com/2017/02/27/11-mexican-authors-to-read-right-now/

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Books for Social Change!

As January 2017 comes to a close, perhaps you have found yourself asking these questions, “What can I do? How can I help? Where can I start?” With as many hot button issues, as those that need assistance, and people that want to help, well, it can feel overwhelming. So, we made a list! Mind you, this is just a fraction of what is available at Lawrence Public Library, as well as, out in the biblio-zeitgeist, yet there is something for most everyone. Find your call to action!

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it’s the same with noah

he’s all like “but i’m dead” and the reader’s all like lol

then he’s an actual ghost

There’s regular couple forshadowing and then

there’s Maggie Stiefvater

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Uppercase planner September illustration~ 

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Exclusive: Meet America Chavez, Marvel’s new queer Latina superhero who just got her own comic book series

Hold onto your butts, this one’s good. Series writer Gabby explains that, “One [of the things that has most excited fans] is the identities: Queer Latina. She’s also a positive presence and has these catch phrases, like ‘chico.’ And she has feelings for Kate [Bishop, a.k.a. Hawkeye]. So what will the first major queer Latina superhero do with all her super crush-worthy powers?

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Since that day, I’ve come back to this question often: what is the reason that we don’t have more portrayals, intersectional and inclusive portrayals, of disability and disabled people? Why are so many stories about disabled people written by our friends, families, and caretakers instead of by us? So many stories about disability only offer pity and inspiration porn, disabled people hailed as “inspirational” solely on the basis of our being disabled. A huge part of that reason is that the people who make choices—about what’s being published, how it’s framed, and who gets to tell disability stories—are often not disabled themselves. To that effect, abled writers, editors, and publishers treat disability as an “outsider” story.

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Riverhead Books loves libraries and librarians, and I definitely love their books. Plus their marketing assistant Alex is pretty fun to chat with. 

Riverhead Loves Librarians: Meet Molly Wetta!

This week, #RiverheadLovesLibrarians celebrates Programming and Marketing Librarian at the Santa Barbara Public Library: Molly Wetta. For Molly, “librarianship is very much a political act, rooted in [her] commitment to social justice.” And how can librarians be champions for the marginalized? By “reading widely and diversely in their personal lives, and collecting, highlighting, and championing the works of diverse authors in their libraries.” Molly, we salute you, and we agree. Read Molly’s full interview on Facebook and Tumblr to learn how and why she left her “soul-sucking job working in finance” to become a librarian and advocate for social change.

RH:       What is your favorite Riverhead Book and why?

MW: All-time favorite? This is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz. The cadence of the writing makes it so easy to fall into the story, and the voice is so intimate. But really? It’s just so damn funny. Runners up from 2015 is Barbara the Slut, an amazing collection of short stories, and this year I’m raving about The Mothers, because I love a story about secrets. She’s a debut to watch.  

RH: What are you reading now? And/or what’s next on your to-be-read list?

MW: I’m almost finished with Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler, a fun retelling of The Taming of the Shrew from Hogarth. And to be perfectly honest, I just started the first Anita Blake novel by Laurell K. Hamilton on my Kindle. The title is Guilty Pleasures, but I don’t feel guilty at all about my love of vampire urban fantasy, and it’s one that I haven’t read before.

RH:        Why did you decide to become a librarian?

MW: I quit my soul-sucking job working in finance, enrolled in grad school to get my Masters in Social Welfare program, and then got a part-time job at my local library. A couple months later, Nancy Pearl called me on the phone to ask me some questions about a Hunger Games read-alike flowchart I’d made that she was featuring in her Publisher’s Weekly column. She asked me for my title and credentials, and I was like, “teen library assistant and book nerd.” She said I was a born readers’ advisor and should probably just become a librarian. I took the leap and enrolled in library school instead of my MSW program after I read Mary O'Connell’s The Sharp Time and thought how much of a difference it would have made in my life if someone had handed me a book like it when I was a teenager. I thought I could do as much social justice work in libraries and also help people find books that would make a difference in their lives. 

RH:       What book are you recommending right now?

MW: This year I can’t shut up about Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, Places No One Knows by Brenna Yovanoff, The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner, and Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler, and Rich and Pretty by Rumaan Alam.  

RH:       What is your favorite – or the most rewarding – part of your job?

MW: I love that libraries provide access to information, technology, and community spaces. We are so much more than books. Still, what I love most about working in libraries is putting a book that has the potential to change someone’s life in their hands. 

RH:       Anything else you’d like to mention?

MW: For me, librarianship is very much a political act, rooted in my commitment to social justice. Reaching underserved populations and championing the voices of those who are marginalized is (for me) the most important part of my job. To that end, I think librarians should be reading widely and diversely in their personal lives, and collecting, highlighting, and championing the works of diverse authors in their libraries. 

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Yep

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Friendly reminder to check you’re not holding tension in your body. Let your shoulders drop, unclench your hands and jaw. Take a deep breath. Much better.

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What would the Louds read? Recommended books for all the kids from @theloudhouse over at @bookriot

http://bookriot.com/2016/10/06/book-recs-for-characters-on-the-loud-house/

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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15) by honoring the accomplishments of Hispanic authors. Here’s a list of several YA books by great Hispanic authors that you can try:

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera

Gabi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero

The Living by Matt de la Peña

The Memory of Light by Francisco X. Stork

The Girl at Midnight by Melissa Grey

Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall

The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba’s Greatest Abolitionist by Margarita Engle

Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

When Reason Breaks by Cindy Rodriguez

Becoming Maria by Sonia Manzano

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I spend my days folded between the pages of books.

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Ezgi Polat

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I forgot how much I liked this book. Maybe I should finish the trilogy. 

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“People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.”

Saul Bellow