| No Images? Click here   Of course there's a Japanese word for people who buy more books than they can actually read. And no, it's not "me." Ivanka Trump took to her Twitter to applaud librarians and libraries during National Library Week. Twitter, however, was not having it. Why? Because her father has plans to cut funding for several major cultural agencies, including the Institute of Museum and Library Services.   No week is the wrong week to dive into good books by or about migrants and immigrants. During a time of heightened scrutiny and inflammatory rhetoric directed at immigrants in the United States, these stories have never been more valuable.        “I see some of the same people who were harassing me over rape jokes five years ago leading groups of alt-right trolls now," West told us in a conversation about her must-read book Shrill, now in paperback. "It’s not a coincidence.”   You can practically smell the hair spray and cologne.   Yes, really. One Goodreads review summarizes the shocking story pretty well: “Easily one of the most unsettling books I’ve ever read, because it’s obviously just Billy O fantasizing about murdering everyone who’s ever done him wrong.” Whoa.     Barkley L. Hendricks, a celebrated artist who dedicated much of his work to capturing people of color, died this week of natural causes. You can see his work at the Whitney or the Studio Museum in Harlem, among other museums.  1. Imagine Wanting Only This by Kristen Radtke    Read more:
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Friday, April 21, 2017
Ivanka Trump gets trolled by librarians
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