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Jane Henderson

@STLbooks

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Book Editor

 St. Louis, Mo.
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Joined April 2009
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New City SC library card unveiled as leaders herald summer reading stltoday.com/life-entertainm… via @stltoday
New City SC library card unveiled as leaders herald summer reading

New City SC library card unveiled as leaders herald summer reading

The new cards were unveiled Wednesday at the St. Louis Public Library

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Scholastic waited far too long to respond to librarians and authors about their segregation of diverse titles. Their response here:
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"Shadow" book bans and challenges plague even Illinois! stltoday.com/life-entertainm… via @stltoday
On eve of Banned Books Week, St. Louis-area libraries become battlegrounds in culture wars

On eve of Banned Books Week, St. Louis-area libraries become battlegrounds in culture wars

Attempts at book banning are rising and more successful — especially in school libraries — than ever.

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On eve of Banned Books Week, St. Louis-area libraries become battlegrounds in culture wars stltoday.com/life-entertainm… via @stltoday
On eve of Banned Books Week, St. Louis-area libraries become battlegrounds in culture wars

On eve of Banned Books Week, St. Louis-area libraries become battlegrounds in culture wars

Attempts at book banning are rising and more successful — especially in school libraries — than ever.

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Our bollard world: St. Louis is increasingly guarded by columns of concrete stltoday.com/life-entertainm… via @stltoday #worldbollard association
Our bollard world: St. Louis is increasingly guarded by columns of concrete

Our bollard world: St. Louis is increasingly guarded by columns of concrete

They’re America’s quiet sentries.

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As new Missouri library rules kick in, many teens won’t need new cards right away stltoday.com/news/local/as-n… via @stltoday
As new Missouri library rules kick in, many teens won’t need new cards right away

As new Missouri library rules kick in, many teens won’t need new cards right away

Although libraries now require teens as old as 17 to have adult permission to check out materials, many youth patrons don't need new library cards immediately.

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Summer books: 40 new titles to make vacations more fun stltoday.com/entertainment/b… via @GoSTL
Summer books: 40 new titles to make vacations more fun

Summer books: 40 new titles to make vacations more fun

Whether traveling overseas or relaxing at home, there are many recent and upcoming titles to make that vacation more fun.

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Protesters outside St. Charles county library clash over worker wearing goatee and makeup stltoday.com/news/local/metr… via @stltoday
Protesters outside St. Charles County library clash over worker wearing goatee and makeup

Protesters outside St. Charles County library clash over worker wearing goatee and makeup

It's another instance of culture wars arriving in St. Charles County, and at area libraries.

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Review: Writing ‘Manhood’ may be Josh Hawley’s manliest move yet stltoday.com/entertainment/b… via @GoSTL
Review: Writing ‘Manhood’ may be Josh Hawley’s manliest move yet

Review: Writing ‘Manhood’ may be Josh Hawley’s manliest move yet

Too many young American men are underemployed, underperforming at school, and generally underachieving at life, Sen. Josh Hawley writes.

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5 St. Louis County libraries will offer social workers, free for anyone stltoday.com/news/local/metr… via @stltoday
5 St. Louis County libraries will offer social workers, free for anyone

5 St. Louis County libraries will offer social workers, free for anyone

The St. Louis County Library announced Wednesday that social workers in five branches will provide free assistance to connect people with resources and referrals regarding things like child care,...

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Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis appoints its new chief curator stltoday.com/entertainment/a… via @GoSTL
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis appoints its new chief curator

Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis appoints its new chief curator

Dean Daderko will be the new chief curator at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, joining its leadership team June 19.

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Carl Phillips of Washington University wins Pulitzer Prize for poetry @CPhillipsPoet stltoday.com/entertainment/b… via @GoSTL
Carl Phillips of Washington University wins Pulitzer Prize for poetry

Carl Phillips of Washington University wins Pulitzer Prize for poetry

Professor of English honored for "a masterful collection that chronicles American culture as the country struggles to make sense of its politics, of life in the wake of a pandemic,

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Carl Phillips of Washington University wins Pulitzer Prize for poetry stltoday.com/entertainment/b… via @GoSTL
Carl Phillips of Washington University wins Pulitzer Prize for poetry

Carl Phillips of Washington University wins Pulitzer Prize for poetry

Professor of English honored for "a masterful collection that chronicles American culture as the country struggles to make sense of its politics, of life in the wake of a pandemic,

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This is what happens when community members stand together! @MOlibraries & ALA Advocates from across Missouri said it proudly: don't defund our libraries. The State Senate heard them loud & clear! Thank you to EVERY advocate who made their voice heard: stltoday.com/news/local/govt…
Missouri Senate puts library money back in budget

Missouri Senate puts library money back in budget

The ACLU, the Missouri Association of School Librarians, and the Missouri Library Association filed a lawsuit over a new law in February

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Every day parents should be infuriated at the waste of money happening in so many districts w/book banning run amuck. This district in KS has spent $19,000 with 28 book review committees so far this year because of SIX people's challenges. Read more at: kansascity.com/news/local/ed…
Lee’s Summit district spent $19k reviewing 52 challenged books. That’s only half of them

Lee’s Summit district spent $19k reviewing 52 challenged books. That’s only half of them

The school district will retain all 52 books a small group aims to ban. But it can expect to spend more money reviewing the next half of challenged books.

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So fun seeing @neilhimself get St. Louis Literary Award stltoday.com/entertainment/b… via @GoSTL
Comics, fantasy took author Neil Gaiman from 'storm drain' to superstardom

Comics, fantasy took author Neil Gaiman from 'storm drain' to superstardom

Author Neil Gaiman amused hundreds Thursday night with tales from his career as he received the St. Louis Literary Award.

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County library to get new bookmobile with help from Great Southern Bank stltoday.com/news/local/coun… via @stltoday
St. Louis County library to get new bookmobile with help from Great Southern Bank

St. Louis County library to get new bookmobile with help from Great Southern Bank

The St. Louis County Library will get one set of new wheels next year after a $150,000 donation from Great Southern Bank.

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Thread 1/2: Even as some try to ban #LGBTQ-inclusive kids' books, this week has given us more evidence that: 1) These books are increasing in number & quality, w/a record 190 chosen for 2023 @RainbowBookList by @ALALibrary's professionals: mombian.com/2023/01/31/a-rec… #BooksNotBans
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