Ivy Digest
The Gift of Books
I’m always thrilled when I get a new book. I can’t wait to go home and read it. I love being the first to crack open a book and flip its pages. Sometimes I can […]
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Book Review
The Motherlode – 100 Women Who Made Hip-Hop
By Clover Hope A fascinating history of female hip-hop artists since the 70s. Full of facts and grand illustrations. You’ll see all your favorites, old and new, and discover the groundbreakers. Written by veteran journalist […]
Book Review
Bibliophile Diverse Spines
By Jane Mount & Jamise Harper Hardcover, 144 pages, 2021. Chronicle Books Known for drawing books to order with loving detail, beloved illustrator Jane Mount compiled non-white authors in collaboration with the Instagrammer of Diverse […]
Ivy Digest
When a recipe for murder is ignored
I was excited to read “Arsenic and Adobo” by Mia Manansala, a Filipino-American in Chicago. This year’s book trends show that US publishers have actively sought non-white, Asian, and female writers—authors historically ignored in the […]
Ivy Digest
STUDY SAYS DR SEUSS BOOKS ARE RACIST
Acutely aware of the power of books to teach tolerance or racism, publishers and authors face ostracism for racially insensitive content—a form of cancel culture. On March 2, to mark the birthday of famed US […]