The CCBC-University of Wisconsin-Madison recently released their 2022 diversity stats. Along with the stats, they’ve provided information on the history of the annual statistics, explanations of how they conduct their work, and graphics. I’ll be more interested in the annual stats over the next 2-3 years when I’ll be watching to see if publishers print… Read More Graphic Animals

For a brief minute, it really looked like I was going to get back to blogging more often. I tried, but my summer is off to a busy, busy start. I do know that when Twitter dies, I’m not going to another platform. I’ve given away enough of my time and attention. I’ll be right… Read More May and June Releases

Every Child A Reader is a nonprofit that celebrates the impact that books have on young people. They have just released a new set of Get Caught Reading posters, Women Leading the Way. It features Zalia Avant-garde, Vanessa Garcia, Raya Kenney, Paula Young Shelton, Mai Wenjen and Erin Yun. The posters are available at no… Read More Post Your Resistance

AVAILABLE TODAY: Haymarket and Kaepernick Publishing release OUR HISTORY HAS ALWAYS BEEN CONTRABAND as a NO CHARGE ebook! Since its founding as a discipline, Black Studies has been under relentless attack by social and political forces seeking to discredit and neutralize it. OUR HISTORY HAS ALWAYS BEEN CONTRABAND was born out of an urgent need to… Read More No Cost eBook From Haymarket

Last Friday I woke for once restored, refreshed and ready to start the day. My body was back in the eastern time zone after a few days in CA, and having forgotten to turn my alarm on, I slept longer than usual for it to be a workday. I felt good! Is my inability to… Read More A New Work Week