Sharyn Vane

Jon Hamm is the heart of @AppleTV’s darkly comic ‘Your Friends & Neighbors.’ Catch up with our @BookPlusFilm review before the next episode drops. https://t.co/bzDgcjs8tV

RT @frankstrong: Okay, I'll say it: Tonight has been an absolute DRUBBING for Texas book banners. Texas voters stood up and said clearly th…

There’s a new call for literary redemption of Junot Díaz, accused in 2018 of unwanted advances and misogyny. Who gets second chances? And what constitutes cancellation, exactly? Wrestling with the questions in my latest for @BookPlusFilm. https://t.co/npjj08wAfU

Update: The US Air Force Academy is also conducting a ‘deliberate review’ of its library to comply with executive orders and DoD policy. Read more in my latest for @BookPlusFilm.

Sharyn Vane @SharynVane

The Naval Academy library is the latest purveyor of federal censorship, hiding hundreds of books on race, gender and religion from men and women training to defend the country. Get the scoop in my latest for @BookPlusFilm. https://t.co/PO65Xc09nX

The Naval Academy library is the latest purveyor of federal censorship, hiding hundreds of books on race, gender and religion from men and women training to defend the country. Get the scoop in my latest for @BookPlusFilm. https://t.co/PO65Xc09nX

The Trump administration has slashed federal funding for museums and libraries, Learn what that means for institutions like the Madison Children’s Museum (@PlayAtMCM), amd who’s fighting back in my latest for @BookPlusFilm. https://t.co/v4tVJG3fh3

Always an illuminating must-read before you head to the polls!

frank strong @frankstrong

The Book-Loving Texan's Guide to the May 2025 School Board Elections is LIVE! Please share & use this doc to inform yourself about these crucial races in Texas! And, as always, follow me & check back--I'll be updating and adding races up to election day! https://t.co/SrmrVYxdih

Controversy continues to swirl around the Oscar-winning documentary. Catch up on the background and the news in my timeline for @BookPlusFilm. https://t.co/IIeAzELkPR

RT @FReadomFighters: It is these acts of courage that need our support.

So fortunate during @sxsw to see a screening of 'The Librarians,' a new documentary that spotlights these everyday heroes fighting back against censorship. Learn more about the film in my review, now up at @BookPlusFilm. https://t.co/npsnMtdgMX

Add arts grant funding to the long list of things on the chopping block. Find out what’s being cut and who’s pushing back in my latest for @BookPlusFilm. https://t.co/dQxwGudz25

Are blurbs dead? One major publishing house recently said it would no longer require these phrases of praise on books from its flagship imprint. Find out why in my latest for @BookPlusFilm. https://t.co/60dTVbG2D0

RT @diversebooks: WNDB's Statement on the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Dismissing Book Ban Complaints (🧵 1/4) htt…

The Department of Education unceremoniously shut down a federal avenue for blocking book bans late last week, terming bans a “hoax.” Anti-censorship advocates erupted with outrage. All the details in my latest for @BookPlusFilm. https://t.co/gcNQsvOo1t

My personal favorite reads of 2024, up now at @BookPlusFilm. (Perhaps one is your first fave of 2025?) https://t.co/DtJpWovjvD

RT @Librotraficante: Houston’s ‘Librotraficante’ Calls on Chicanos to Combat Censorship https://t.co/Dop4sSWKnv - via @TexasObserver

Looking back at another record-breaking year of censorship, in schools, libraries, and the literary community -- plus what could be coming in 2025. My latest for @BookPlusFilm will catch you up on the highlights and lowlights. https://t.co/qN2WHPHuRb