Amazon Employees Protest the Sale of Books They Say Are Anti-Trans
Approximately 30 Amazon employees disrupted the company’s annual raising of the pride flag event at the Amazon headquarters in Seattle in protest of the company’s continued sale of anti-trans books. The protesters, who are members of the group No Hate at Amazon, laid on the ground wrapped in trans flags and demanded that the company stop producing and selling books that are harmful to trans youth.
Michigan Prisons Ban Spanish and Swahili Dictionaries to Prevent Inmate Disruptions
The Michigan Department of Corrections has banned dictionaries in Spanish and Swahili, claiming these books’ contents are a threat to the state’s penitentiaries. Chris Gautz, the spokesperson for the Michigan Department of Corrections, explained that allowing imprisoned people access to learning languages prison staff cannot understand would allow them to potentially organize without the knowledge of staff. Additionally, seven books in both Spanish and Swahili have been banned from Michigans’s prisons in the last year, according to a list obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.
Award-Winning TOMB OF SAND to be Published in U.S. in 2023
Geetanjali Shree’s Tomb of Sand, which won this year’s International Booker Prize be released in the U.S. this winter by HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. The book was first published in 2018 and released with an English translation in 2021.
A Group of Louisiana Libraries Block Cultural Displays
Just in time for Pride Month, a group of Lafayette County libraries in Louisiana has announced they will block cultural displays that highlight specific groups — including displays celebrating Pride Month, Black History Month, Women’s History Month, Cajun heritage, and Native American History Month.