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Lawsuit Returns Banned Books to This School District\u2019s Shelves <\/h2>\n

The St. Francis school district is returning banned books<\/a> to shelves after a lawsuit filed by Education Minnesota-St. Francis and the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota was settled. The school district banned books, including The Bluest Eye<\/a> by Toni Morrison, The Kite Runner<\/a> by Khaled Hosseini, and Brave New World<\/a> by Aldous Huxley, after replacing librarians and teachers from the book approval process with the now-defunct Book Looks book rating site run by conservative group Moms for Liberty. The \u201clogic\u201d used to make that decision is beyond me and, apparently, didn\u2019t hold up to scrutiny because the school board\u2019s new book policy includes input from teachers, librarians, and student reps. Education Minnesota-St. Francis President Ryan Fiereck said of the journey to achieving the settlement, \u201cThe students\u2019 stories and commitment to fixing this terrible policy were particularly inspiring,\u201d while St. Francis Area School Board Chair Nathan Burr made a statement devoid of accountability for the school board\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Publishers Weekly Summer Reading List<\/h2>\n

Publishers Weekly<\/em> released its summer reading list for the year. They\u2019ve got staff picks, including The Girls Who Grew Big<\/a> by Leila Mottley, author of Nightcrawling<\/a>, and selections across nine categories including books for young readers. Some of the titles that stood out to me were Disappoint Me<\/a> by Nicola Dinan (Fiction), a complicated love story centering a British trans woman, Can\u2019t Get Enough<\/a> by Kennedy Ryan (Romance) about a successful entrepreneur caring for her mom who has Alzheimer\u2019s, and The Bewitching<\/a> by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (SFF\/Horror), about a college student looking into a horror author\u2019s mysterious past\u2013so meta! Find the full list here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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BookTok Through a Joyful Lens<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s not often I come across a profile of BookTok that describes it as a joyful space full of queer and BIPOC creators, so it was lovely to read this opinion piece by Yarimar Bonilla<\/a>. Better yet, it\u2019s a great way to find said creators since she links to some of her favorite people to follow. Bonilla does point out the homogeneity of BookTok but also talks about rediscovering pleasure reading through the creators she follows and the diverse recommendations that lured her to books that didn\u2019t feel like required reading or homework. She also highlights the interesting debates happening online. All I have to say is, listening to audiobooks does<\/em> count as reading TYVM. <\/p>\n

This Year\u2019s Shirley Jackson Awards Nominees Are Here!<\/h2>\n

We\u2019ve got nominees for the award recognizing outstanding works of horror, psychological suspense, and dark fantasy. The 2024 list of finalists includes Bury Your Gays: An Anthology of Tragic Queer Horror<\/a> edited by Sofia Ajram (Edited Anthology), The Bone Picker: Native Stories, Alternate Histories<\/a>\u00a0by Devon A. Mihesuah (Single-Author Collection), and The Eyes are the Best Part<\/a>\u00a0by Monika Kim (Novel). Find the full list here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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