One part love letter, one part eulogy, Overdue tells the story of America's public library system . . . Amanda Oliver proves herself a vibrant new literary voice . . . This is a book for all book lovers." —Reza Aslan, author of Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth When Amanda Oliver began work as a school librarian, fueled by a lifelong love of books and a desire to help, she felt qualified for the job. What she learned was that librarians are expected to serve as mediators and mental-health-crisis support professionals, customer service reps and administrators of overdose treatment, fierce loyalists to institutionalized mythology and enforced silence, and arms of state surveillance. Based on firsthand experiences from six years of professional work as a librarian in high-poverty neighborhoods of Washington, DC, as well as interviews and research, Overdue begins with Oliver's first day at Northwest One, the DC Public Library branch where she would ultimately end her library career. Through her experience at this branch, Oliver highlights the national problems that have existed in libraries since they were founded, troublingly at odds with the common romanticization of the library as a shining beacon of equality: racism, segregation, and economic oppression. These fundamental American problems manifest today as police violence, the opioid epidemic, widespread inaccessibility of affordable housing, and a lack of mental health care nationwide—all of which come to a head in public library spaces. Can public librarians continue to play the many roles they are tasked with? Can American society sustain one of its most noble institutions? Libraries will not save us, but Oliver helps us imagine what might be possible if we stop expecting them to.
Shocked when she inherits a house from a total stranger, Susannah Thorpe is even more stunned when she discovers that, to claim her inheritance, she must either get married within the next month or spend the next thirty days living in the reputedly haunted Harstairs House, and finds herself sharing quarters with the home's tenant, the enigmatic Oliver Bristow. Original.
TL Publishing Group LLC closes out the year with Volume XXII Ink Stains. Volume XXII starts off with an interview featuring Ciona Rouse, author of VANTABLACK, a poetry chapbook. Rouse shares her thoughts and tips on writing while encouraging aspiring authors through her recounts of the struggles she's overcome in her own personal journey to speak her truth.The poems and short stories that follow the interview do a fantastic job of reassuring readers and authors alike there is power in embracing our voices. When we're able to leave everything on the page, we're emptying ourselves of everything that weighs us down. As a result, we're able to move with a lighter step. Literature keeps our perception grounded on honed on the points where it counts the most. After all, our perception is paramount to how we will respond to certain situations. As such, TL Publishing Group continues on their journey to connect writers with readers who are thirsty for literary material that feeds the senses, soothes the heart, and ravishes the mind. Contributors: Ciona Rouse; Hadeel Salameh; George Freek; Jacob Erin-Cilberto; Arcadia Sturdivant; Obed Ladiny; Jonathan Jones; Marianne Lyon; Kimberly Cunningham; Howard Winn; Roberta Rosencutter; Bruce McRae; Mario William Vitale; Holly Day; Charles Rammelkamp; Jan Ball; Matt Nagin; Milt Montague; Ken Tomaro; Joanna Tang; Benjamin Daniel Lukey; Jason Kirk Bartley; Erren Kelly; Bob Blundell; Laine Feicht; James William Gardner
In 1930s California, glamour and seduction spawn a multitude of sins in this New York Times bestseller from the author of Tightrope. At the exclusive Burning Cove Hotel on the coast of California, rookie reporter Irene Glasson finds herself staring down at a beautiful actress at the bottom of a pool.... The dead woman had something Irene wanted: a red-hot secret about an up-and-coming leading man—a scoop that may have gotten her killed. As Irene searches for the truth about the drowning, she’s drawn to a master of deception. Once a world-famous magician whose career was mysteriously cut short, Oliver Ward is now the owner of the Burning Cove Hotel. He can’t let scandal threaten his livelihood, even if it means trusting Irene, a woman who seems to have appeared in Los Angeles out of nowhere four months ago. With Oliver’s help, Irene soon learns that the glamorous paradise of Burning Cove hides dark and dangerous secrets. And that the past—always just out of sight—could drag them both under....
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