Book Club Pick:Yellowface, by R. F. Kuang (2)BOOK BANS SURGED IN 2023.“American Library Association reports record number of unique book titles challenged in 2023”atALA.org. The number of titles targeted for censorship surged 65 percent in 2023 compared to 2022, reaching the highest levels...
Edwards Award, administered by the American Library Association in recognition of a significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature. Meaker is also credited with, as her New York Times obituary states, “jump-starting the lesbian pulp fiction genre” for her 1952 novel “Spring Fire...