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‘The Hate u Give’ author awards student writing scholarship
Read full article: ‘The Hate u Give’ author awards student writing scholarshipBestselling author Angie Thomas has surprised a senior at a Mississippi high school with a full-ride scholarship for creative writing to the private university where Thomas earned her bachelor’s degree.
Booksellers association apologizes for anti-trans mailing
Read full article: Booksellers association apologizes for anti-trans mailingThe American Booksellers Association is apologizing for sending a publication widely criticized as anti-trans, Abigail Shrier’s “Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters,” in a recent mailing to independent stores.
Floyds death hastens shift in police pop culture portrayals
Read full article: Floyds death hastens shift in police pop culture portrayalsIn this image released by NBC, Jason Beghe portrays Hank Voight, left, in a scene from the crime series "Chicago PD." The divide between crime fiction and real life dates back to the genre's origins, more than 200 years ago. Law enforcement violence and corruption were extreme in the mid-19th century and some police forces were rooted in the patrols that used to chase down runaway slaves. Meanwhile, The police in early crime fiction were depicted as good, courageous, and brilliant, says Otto Penzler, the crime fiction publisher and bookseller. Over the past 50 years, the image of law enforcement has sometimes mirrored debates between liberals and conservatives.