Tag: book
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New Kids’ and YA Books: Week of April 6, 2026
Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book about the definition of home, a graphic novel about a tween grappling with his sexual identity, a propulsive YA novel about a girl … Full story: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/100061-new-kids-and-ya-books-week-of-april-6-2026.html
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This novelist’s family fled Laos and she ended up in Minnesota
V. T. Bidania describes her family as “pretty private” and “shy” but they better get used to attention because they’re the stars of her new book. “I didn’t want to write about them,” said the Arden … Full story: https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/weddings/this-novelist-s-family-fled-laos-and-she-ended-up-in-minnesota/ar-AA1V99Zd
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Yo, Dems: You can’t ‘reform’ fascism | Will Bunch Newsletter
You don’t “significantly reform” fascism. You need to crush it. As Andrea Pitzer, who literally wrote the book on the history of concentration camps, noted Monday night: “The correct response to … Full story: https://www.inquirer.com/columnists/attytood/mlk-ice-reform-defund-democrats-hmong-greenland-20260120.html
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Yo, Dems: You can’t ‘reform’ fascism | Will Bunch Newsletter
You don’t “significantly reform” fascism. You need to crush it. As Andrea Pitzer, who literally wrote the book on the history of concentration camps, noted Monday night, “The correct response to … Full story: https://www.inquirer.com/columnists/attytood/mlk-ice-reform-defund-democrats-hmong-greenland-20260120.html
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Readers and writers: Bidania’s latest shows a new side of Hmong experience
That bus and those goodbyes are in Bidania’s new book “A Year Without Home” (Nancy Paulsen Books, $18.99), her first middle-grade novel and her first in verse. It has already earned starred reviews … Full story: https://www.twincities.com/2026/01/18/readers-and-writers-bidanias-latest-shows-a-new-side-of-hmong-experience/
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Book review: Joshua Kurlantzick’s “A Great Place to Have a War”
America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA ” by Joshua Kurlantzick. From Insurgent Notes #15, August 2017. Full story: https://libcom.org/article/book-review-joshua-kurlantzicks-great-place-have-war
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The Gift Of Literacy: Give a Kid a Book Drive Returns Through Dec. 15
Between 2020 and 2024, the Friends of the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library’s annual Give a Kid a Book program has received and distributed over nearly 20,000 books. This year the program is … Full story: https://volumeone.org/articles/2025/12/08/376835-the-gift-of-literacy-annual-give-a-kid-a-book
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L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library holding annual ‘Give a Kid a Book’ program
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) – The Friends of the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library’s annual ‘Give a Kid a Book’ program is underway. According to a press release from the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public … Full story: https://www.msn.com/en-us/society-culture-and-history/books-and-literature/l-e-phillips-memorial-public-library-holding-annual-give-a-kid-a-book-program/ar-AA1RdwiQ
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‘Matrilineal Memory’: Hopi artist reckons with grief in solo show in Minneapolis
Hopi artist opens solo show at All My Relations Arts; artsy rugs at the Weisman and a book reading by Kao Kalia Yang in St. Paul. Full story: https://sahanjournal.com/arts-culture/twin-cities-things-to-do-all-my-relations-kao-kalia-yang-weisman-rugs/
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Central Wisconsin Book Festival returns in late September
The Central Wisconsin Book Festival announced this week its event schedule for 2025. The ninth annual CWBF will be held from Sept. 25 through … Full story: https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2025/09/22/central-wisconsin-book-festival-returns-in-late-september/
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Eau Claire library launches new book collection to help non-native English speakers
There’s a new collection of books at the Eau Claire library aimed at those whose first language isn’t English. Full story: https://www.wqow.com/eye-on-eau-claire/eau-claire-library-launches-new-book-collection-to-help-non-native-english-speakers/article_9812ff49-d394-4c33-8f05-24b6d970e176.html
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New book collection aims to keep native languages alive
The new ‘Community languages collection’ at the LE Phillips Public Library has already caught many people’s eye, specifically those who speak a native language like French, Hmong, even Ojibwe. Y para … Full story: https://www.msn.com/
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New book collection aims to keep native languages alive
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) – The new ‘Community languages collection’ at the LE Phillips Public Library has already caught many people’s eye, specifically those who speak a native language like French, … Full story: https://www.weau.com/2025/07/12/new-book-collection-aims-keep-native-languages-alive/
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Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month: Sheboygan’s Bookworm Gardens honors Hmong culture with new exhibit
Bookworm Gardens in Sheboygan is launching a new exhibit celebrating Hmong culture with the book “A Map Into the World,” coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Hmong refugees in the U.S. Full story: https://www.yahoo.com/news/celebrating-aapi-heritage-month-sheboygans-233337931.html
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What hopeful gardeners can learn from Oregon experts in new book ‘The Flower Farmers’
“Many gardeners admire the talents of flower farmers and want to borrow their know-how for our own cutting garden,” said flower writer Debra Prinzing. Full story: https://www.oregonlive.com/hg/2025/05/what-hopeful-gardeners-can-learn-from-oregon-experts-in-new-book-the-flower-farmers.html