Dear Librarians, Like most lucky childhoods, mine was spent reading. Mostly this was because I enjoyed it but also, it was the only thing to do: my parents worked constantly, and as expatriate Americans doing business abroad, they believed that all meetings should take place in bistros. However, English language books were not as easy […]
Dear Librarians: You may not know the extent of your impact on someone when you make a reading recommendation or offer encouragement, but I am here to tell you that the librarians I’ve met throughout the years changed my life. An avid reader and writer since childhood, I spent many cherished hours at my local […]
Dear Librarians, My People, I owe you everything. I learned how to read in a library because I spent every Saturday morning there, usually by myself. Every Saturday morning, my father would announce that he needed to go to the barber’s. But since he was bald from the time I was born, I think what […]
PLA is heading to Portland, Oregon for the PLA 2022 Conference, March 23–25! Learn More Here. Whether you’re joining in person or online, we’ve got a host of content to explore, from galley giveaways, to virtual shelves, scroll to find out how you can read along with us. Featured Speakers: Alma Katsu (The Fervor) Virtual […]
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I’m grateful to libraries, which have meant so much to me, in my development as a person and as a writer. I’m the American-born daughter of Chinese immigrants, and as a girl, I often felt torn between worlds. For me, books provided the explanations that my parents could not. I’d spend all afternoon at the […]
Like most writers, I’ve always been obsessed with libraries. My obsession extended to me earning a master’s degree in library science, publishing an article about zine collections in Public Libraries magazine, starting a zine archive at the State University of New York at Buffalo, and volunteering both at the library on Alcatraz(!) and my local […]
Dear Librarians, The day Toni Morrison died I was working an hour away from home, conducting meetings with a team of insurance professionals I’d managed for the best part of twenty years. I’d been balancing a double life, as a writer, the entire time I worked my full-time job. When my phone started buzzing, ringing, […]
This series of live online conversations between writers, creators, and librarians will center Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) voices, books, cultures, and experiences. Brought to you by: The University of South Carolina’s Augusta Baker Endowed Chair, Publishers Weekly, and Penguin Random House Library Marketing. Scroll below for the full schedule of speakers throughout 2022, […]
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