The last time George M. Johnson joined us on the Velsheban book club it was to celebrate the fifth anniversary of all boys aren't blue so ahead of that appearance last spring I gave the memoir a read for the third time and I was excited to take away something new from Johnson's self-effacing humor gentle frankness and fearless dedication to truth and vulnerability what I felt then and what I consistently feel after reading all boys aren't blue and speaking with Johnson is that the rest of the story needs to ...

When we began holding the meetings of our Veland book club in February of 2022, nearly three and a half years ago, news coverage of book banning efforts and censorship was everywhere. Feels different now, quieter. But while books may have fallen out of the news cycle, the assault on information and the freedom to read is still a very active tool in the arsenal being deployed against our democratic norms and institutions.And that's why we've made a point to let the literature sitting in the crosshairs of cen ...