AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoPress Freedom Clash: Trump says he’s banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House “effective immediately,” calling their coverage “fiction and lies,” with unclear enforcement and likely First Amendment fallout. Book-to-Screen & LGBTQ Representation: Maisie Williams says she played a sapphic Antonia in Practical Magic 2, while the film omits major LGBTQ plot elements from Alice Hoffman’s novel. Graphic Nonfiction Spotlight: Dana Mashoian Walrath’s The Book of Genocides uses bold illustrated history to cover ten genocides, pairing drawings with blackout poems. Local Literacy Push: Project Flight donates 2,000+ books to Buffalo’s King Center in memory of the 5/14 shooting victims. Community Reading Access: Iowa Adventure Pass expands free library-card access to attractions across Central Iowa. School Library Controversy: Cobb County School Board removes Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye after a superintendent reads a passage involving incest and rape. Memoir News: Michelle Zauner announces her second memoir, Thank You for Your Suffering, for April 2027. Crime & Books: A review highlights Joyce Carol Oates’ Mysteries of Winterthurn as a detective-fiction parody with dark themes.
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