@davidehrlich My favorite David Ehrlich writing is the kind where it's definitely about the movies it's about but it's also very much about the not-movies
Thrilled to announce "Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance." Coming from @ScribnerBooks June 10, 2025. A long journey but perfect timing for 2025's Harlem Renaissance centennial milestones. Excited that this icon's REAL story will finally be out in the world.
Maybe 2025 will be the year that I, a person with a graduate degree in English and a longstanding career in book publishing, will finally spell "bureaucracy" correctly on the first try
The secret to getting kids reading is the same thing that worked in the nineties. Reading Rainbow. Free pizzas. Shakespeare rom-coms. A million Jane Austen adaptations. Movies where a guy gifts his beloved an enormous library. Dog who acts out the classics.
Seconding Tayla Burney's newsletter here--@NPRinskeep's NYT-bestselling book on Lincoln DIFFER WE MUST is "a darn delight," especially on audiobook.
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@thejordache Cosigning all of this after volunteering at my kid's book fair week.
Also: books about rocks!
Wish we could have traded the inexplicable glut of books on Taylor Swift (?) for a few real MG/YA novels and deeper dives into space, rocks, other common areas of interest