The first book ban took place in 1637 in Quincy, Massachusetts after Thomas Morton critiqued Puritan customs and power structures. In 2025, the act of banning books in the Bay State is unthinkable, ...

Although we spend more time than ever staring into light bulbs on our laptops, tablets and cells, old fashioned books made with trees and ink are still cool. In response, Stephanie Olenik and her ...

Felicita Sala is the illustrator of several picture books, including All from a Walnut by Ammi-Joan Paquette, Be a Tree! by Maria Gianferrari, and The Hideout by Susanna Mattiangeli, as well as her ...

Louisiana Inspired Book Club is inviting all readers to join in and read the first book for 2026: "Theo of Golden" by Allen ...

In “Helen of Troy, 1993,” the poet Maria Zoccola relocates a figure from Greek mythology into small-town Tennessee. By Karl Kirchwey Karl Kirchwey’s eighth book of poems, “Good Apothecary,” will be ...

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