Hey all – From Spring 2024… In a few spots it took my breath away.
“Not those books…not those people.”
Public libraries around the country have become major battlegrounds for today’s culture wars. In 2022, the American Library Association noted a record 1,269 attempts at censorship — almost double the number recorded in 2021. Library events like drag story times and other children’s programming have also attracted protest. How should we understand these efforts to control what stories children can freely access?
Emily Drabinski is the president of the American Library Association and an associate professor at the Queens College Graduate School of Library and Information Studies. She is steering an embattled organization at a moment when libraries — and librarians themselves — are increasingly under fire.
Ignorant question- can I someone put this on my phone for free to listen to at work? I have never used Spotify.
@crain It should play right from this page on your phone. Or try this:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4AROfw24LjyTcawiNWtIAF?go=1&sp_cid=995bf58dc14c0322fff349555aab7c78&utm_source=embed_player_p&utm_medium=desktop&nd=1&dlsi=dbf7c12d9b2c4cfd
@michael thank you for sharing this very very interesting listen. “There isn’t an attack on books. There is an attack on people.” This statement. WOW. WOW. WOW.
@cayla WOW is right! That bit really moved me.