100 Scope Notes
February 16, 2024 by Betsy Bird
If you’re going to do a biography of a complicated subject, and bring any kind of nuance to the telling, then you better saddle up and pour your heart and soul into the effort. You’re going to have to make a book like this one.
November 5, 2017 by Betsy Bird
Happy news, neighborinos! Today I bring unto you a video from BookFest, a yearly celebration of children’s literature hosted (these days) by Bank Street College of Education. Kidlit TV recorded almost the entire thing live and then put it on air. This year I had the honor of moderating a panel discussion with funny folks […]
October 4, 2010 by Betsy Bird
It seems a touch premature to call this an out-and-out-preview. Particularly when you consider that the books discussed were Fall 2010 and we are in (checks watch) yes . . . 2010, fall. But the word “preview” here is my own, not theirs. For their part, Abrams recently just wanted to let the local librarian/press […]
Politics in Practice
by John Chrastka
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