Book Review

Bibliophile Diverse Spines

By Jane Mount & Jamise HarperHardcover, 144 pages, 2021. Chronicle BooksGET THE BOOK – https://amzn.to/3BQwGHX I recommend you visit the library to check out books. If you buy your own copy, I can earn a small […]

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 […]