"Some pieces go for hundreds to thousands of dollars depending on the scale, detail, and subject matter," says Taylor ...

Surrounded by his expansive library and exquisite objects, a collector whose aesthetic helped shape America’s idea ...

The former French president begins a five-year prison sentence today and is allowed to bring three books with him. What will he be reading behind bars, and how are his choices highly symbolic? Former ...

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A map shows which states banned the most books in the 2024-2025 school year. PEN America recorded 6,870 instances of books being pulled from school libraries across 23 states and in 87 public school ...

A former Wyoming library director who was fired amid an uproar over books with sexual content and LGBTQ+ themes that some people complained were inappropriate for youngsters and who sought their ...

The fight against book bans is entering a new phase, as the number of bans plummets but concerns grow that librarians and teachers, looking to stay out of the fray, are self-censoring. Data shows a ...

Weston Brown's story is showcased in Kim A. Snyder’s new documentary 'The Librarians' Courtesy of 8 Above and THE LIBRARIANS documentary DP Amy Bench Weston Brown returned to his hometown in Texas to ...

Read all of Slate’s stories about the 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. On Oct. 8, 2010, the New York Times ran a story on its front page: “Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children.

Florida leads the U.S. in school book bans in the most recent school year, marking the third straight year the state topped an annual list compiled by free speech group PEN America. The Sunshine State ...

You wake up, and before your feet even hit the floor, your brain is already racing—planning the day, rehashing yesterday, and worrying about what might go wrong. Sound familiar? If your mind feels ...

California-based Books Inc., which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy back in January, is now seeking bankruptcy court approval to be bought by Barnes & Noble for $3.25 million, according to a press ...