Odd Bits
Reading my way through Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Back in February, as I began to read my way through Black History month, I swore to myself that I was going to do the same thing for the other history and heritage months this year as a small way of shaking my fist at the current attacks on studying/teaching/valuing diversity.* Now it’s Asian…
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Celebrating Independent Bookstore Day
Here in the United States, the last Saturday of the month is Independent Booksellers Day. (That’s tomorrow if you’re reading this on the day it comes out.) It’s one of my favorite days of the year. Normally I try to celebrate by visiting my neighborhood bookstores. I’m lucky enough to have three independent bookstores within…
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Calling All Citizen Archivists
Depending on where you hang out online or what news media you listen to, you may have heard a call from the National Archives Catalog for volunteers with the “superpower” of reading cursive to join their Citizen Archivist program.* Almost thirty thousand new catalogers signed-up in the week after the call went out—100 times their…
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