Inspired by Octavia Butler’s Parable novels, the hybrid bookstore/cultural center Parable in Tacoma, Wash., aims to be a community gathering space. Twins LaKecia Farmer and Le’Ecia Farmer, with their cousin Deatria “Dee Dee” Williams, opened the shop in August. Following what LaKecia calls a “learn-as-you-go” approach, they combined their skills, crowdfunded, and sought business mentorship […]
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Aaron Slater, Illustrator by Andrea Beaty, illustrated by David Roberts, debuts at #1 on our picture book list. It’s the fifth title in the duo’s Questioneers series, whose breakout hit, 2016’s Ada Twist, Scientist, was adapted as an animated Netflix series produced by former president Barack and first lady Michelle Obama’s company, Higher Ground. The
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The U.S. Department of Justice has sued to block Penguin Random House parent company Bertelsmann’s proposed acquisition of Viacom CBS subsidiary Simon & Schuster, arguing that it “would result in substantial harm to authors.” The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on November 2. With it, the
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