Literature

New Poetry by Carolyn Forché “On Living in the Hour of Cities Under Siege” It is a time of being sorted by skin and hair, by mother tongue,as being from here or there, as pepper spray fills in the airuntil the whole city stinks of it, and the men who arrived in rented carswith out-of-state

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One mile south of my street, there is a street where neighbors do laundry for an entire apartment building whose tenants cannot safely do their laundry. I’m told most of the clothes they gather are children’s clothes. As with other times of struggle, as with other times when basic needs are made difficult or impossible

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Each morning, I get a Signal message counting up how many days our city has been occupied. It bears information, reminders for new members. There are estimated to be 80,000 of us in the city. The hardest thing to remember is that life goes on. You have to buy groceries, and decide what’s for dinner.

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In further news of book people showing up for each other, and for the rest of us, a dedicated group of publishing and culture workers has organized an auction to raise funds in support of communities terrorized by ICE and DHS. Lots of books, Zoom meetings, and art will be available for bidding in the Publishing

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Greg Ketter of DreamHaven Books in Minneapolis never intended to be a face of the movement. But after he was photographed walking through a cloud of tear gas to a protest following Alex Pretti’s murder, he and his store became a sudden symbol of an ongoing struggle: neighbors vs. the ghouls of ICE. Greg Ketter

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A mini syllabus (Including four free books!) Our friends at Verso have prepared this ultra thorough ABOLISH ICE reading list, featuring a number of excellent titles that can help explain how we got here. Histories of American immigration, or the origins of the Department of Homeland Security, situate ICE in context. While manifestos like Gracie

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Dobby Gibson: “This militarized occupation still feels like a test run for something that I’m not fully imagining.” Since early December of last year, thousands of ICE officers have streamed into Minnesota to carry out a violent and grossly unconstitutional campaign of state intimidation upon the people of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Children and their

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For those passionate about youth literature, the annual Youth Media Awards presented by librarians who are part of the American Library Association (ALA) are like the Grammys, the Emmys, and the Oscars all at once. Over the course

Sarah E. Ladd on How the “Rules” of the Period Make It the Most Inspiring to Read and Write “The loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable—that one false step involves in her endless ruin—that her reputation is no less brittle than it is beautiful—and that she cannot be too much guarded in her

Another week, another round-up of library news. This week, I have library legislation updates and small actions you can take to help defend the right to read in 2026. Let’s jump in. Maine Library Commission Rescinds Request For Paid Directors The Maine Library Commission has rescinded its proposal that all state public libraries have paid