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Easily in the top five books I've read so far in 2019. This is a beautiful, complex, and important book that centers the Muslim experience and shows the power of anger, peace, and connection.
Amanda MacGregor, April 25, 2019 | Book Reviews
Though this novel is funny and highly readable, the tragic trans narrative makes it one to skip.
Karen Jensen, MLS, April 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
Have you found yourself wondering if YA is truly for teen readers anymore? Join us for this ongoing conversation as we wonder where younger teen readers fit in to the current YA publishing market.
Amanda MacGregor, March 21, 2019 | Guest Post
Author Hal Schrieve writes about the way that queer people and many others are seen as monsters; the threat of breaking violent systems through survival, solidarity, and love; and hir forthcoming novel, Out of Salem, a Teen Zombie Werewolf Witchy Faerie fantasy murder mystery.
Karen Jensen, MLS, December 10, 2018 | Take 5
What are library directors thinking about as we enter into 2019? I got a first hand look at the 2018 Library Journal Directors' Summit.
Karen Jensen, MLS, October 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
In 2016, I began the process of doing a diversity audit of my YA collection to help me determine what percentage of my collection was diverse. My goal was to help me determine how I was doing as someone in charge of collection development to make me aware of my own short comings to build […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, October 14, 2018 | Sunday Reflections
This past week, I started a new job at a new library. I didn’t make a big announcement in part because I’m so very bad at saying goodbye. And although this new job is a great opportunity for me professionally, leaving my old job was harder than ever for me. I began my library career […]
Robin Willis, August 17, 2018 | Friday Finds News Roundup
This Week at TLT Real Talk About the State of YA Services in Public Libraries New and forthcoming YA and MG to know about Google is Changing Libraries, But Not in the Ways You Think What’s New in LGBTQIA+ YA August 2018 The #Resistance and Social Justice for Teens (#SJYALit: The Social Justic and YA […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, August 16, 2018 | Professional Development
I found my calling at the age of 20 while in college majoring in youth ministry. My heart was already dedicated to the idea of serving and working with teenagers and then I stumbled upon a job doing YA services at my local public library purely by accident, and it changed my life. For the […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, May 6, 2018 | Sunday Reflections
Yesterday I was driving when they announced on NPR that the unemployment rate had hit a new low of 3.9% and then they followed up that bit of news with the rejoinder that this was in part because many people had simply given up looking for jobs. The trouble is, many people will look at […]
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