BTW Articles

10 Nov

Using Middle Grade Fiction to Build Empathy and Practice Allyship With Tanvi Rastogi, Good Books Young Troublemakers

Tanvi Rastogi, former librarian and current bookseller at Dog-Eared Books of Ames, Iowa, is the founder of the Good Books Young Troublemakers book club. ABFE spoke with Tanvi about the book club, its origins, and its mission. 

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08 Nov
ABFE

This Week in Book Challenges

Here is an update on the latest book challenges for the week of November 8, 2023.

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10 Oct

An Interview with Geena Rocero, Author of “Horse Barbie”

To celebrate National Coming Out Day and Filipino American History Month, ABA’s Advocacy Associate Manager spoke to transgender fashion model Geena Rocero about coming out, being “stealth” as a model, and her memoir, Horse Barbie.

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05 Oct

Building Community And Resistance Through Read-Ins With K. Kerimian, The Nonbinarian Book Bike

This article is an excerpt from The ABA Right to Read Toolkit: How Booksellers and Readers Can Resist Book Bans. Check out the full Toolkit on BookWeb!

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27 Sep

A Letter from ABA’s Advocacy Associate Manager, Philomena Polefrone

When I was a senior in high school, the best teacher I had ever met was fired for assigning a book of poems that one parent found inappropriate.

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