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Here are the Books We Love: 380+ great 2023 reads recommended by NPR
November 20, 2023 Books We Love returns with 380+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 11 years of recommendations all in one place – that's more than 3,600 great reads.
11 books to look forward to in 2024
December 30, 2023 The first few months of the year are stacked with exciting and interesting reads. Get ready for big swings from old pros and exciting new debuts.
Lucy Sante, shown here in January 2024, says, "I am lucky to have survived my own repression. I think a lot of people in my position have not." Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for The Guardian hide caption
A gender-swapping photo app helped Lucy Sante come out as trans at age 67
February 21, 2024 In 2021, Sante, who was assigned male at birth, was playing around with a face-altering app and she had a breakthrough. Her new memoir is I Heard Her Call My Name.
A secret shelf of banned books thrives in a Texas school, under the nose of censors
February 21, 2024 A high school teacher in Houston has a library in her classroom of books she's not supposed to have, per state legislation. Students say she's helping them survive. ( Story aired on ATC on 1/29/24 .)
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Jada pinkett smith, the artist.
February 20, 2024 Jada Pinkett Smith is the kind of celebrity that makes headlines just by breathing. But looking at those headlines — mostly about her marriage to fellow actor, Will Smith — made host Brittany Luse think that most people have gotten Jada all wrong. A graduate of the Baltimore School for the Arts, Jada's best known for her acting, but she's also a producer, musician, and painter. After reading her memoir, Worthy , Brittany noticed the way Jada's artistic mind and process had been overlooked. So, she sat down with Jada to ask about it. They talked about what Jada's painting, what she got out of her time as a rock singer, why she looks at her relationship with Will as a masterpiece, and what she wants for her future.
'Splinters' is a tribute to the love of a mother for a daughter
February 20, 2024 In different variations of her signature, beautifully frank language, Leslie Jamison writes about her fantasy of stability and her uncertainty as to whether it's a dream she actually wants fulfilled.
'Oscar Wars' spotlights bias, blind spots and backstage battles in the Academy
February 19, 2024 From relentless campaigning to snubs and speeches, the Academy Awards have often reflected a cultural conflict zone. Michael Schulman discusses the controversies. Originally broadcast Feb. 22, 2023.
You'll savor the off-beat mysteries served up by 'The Kamogawa Food Detectives'
February 19, 2024 Hisashi Kashiwai's charming novel centers on a diner where carefully reconstructed meals help unlock mysteries of memory and regret.
Kelly Link's debut novel 'The Book of Love' is magical, confusing, heartfelt, strange
February 15, 2024 Short-story writer Kelly Link's first novel delves into the complications of love and friendship, family drama, grief, resilience, and the power of adaptability, while delivering a supernatural tale.
Valentine's Day
Looking for love you'll find it in 2024 in these 10 romance novels.
February 14, 2024 Who says romance is reserved for Valentine's Day? Love stories are a treat to be savored year-round. Here are some of the best romance novels hitting the shelves in the first half of the year.
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Unlocking desire through smut; plus, the gospel of bell hooks
February 13, 2024 This week, we're asking: do the fantasies we read in romance novels say anything about what we want in our real-life relationships? Devoted readers share how the genre has impacted their love lives. Host Brittany Luse revisits her conversation with writer Rebekah Weatherspoon about how she builds a world of desire.
'I Love You So Much It's Killing Us Both' is a rare, genuinely successful rock novel
February 13, 2024 Mariah Stovall manages to convey the essence of punk and emo through the prose itself; this is an excellent novel, compassionate and filled with a sparkling intelligence about the human condition.
The secret to lasting love might just be knowing how to fight
February 13, 2024 The Gottmans have been studying marriage and relationships for 40 years. In a new book, Fight Right , they explain how successful couples resolve their conflicts.
Move over, senior center — these 5 books center seniors
February 10, 2024 These books, including Roxana Robinson's Leaving, which comes out on Tuesday, all concern older women — some in their 60s, others in their 90s — who fully intend to enjoy all their years.
A person dressed as Bigfoot makes their way through the snow during a blizzard in Boston in January 2015. John O'Connor's The Secret History of Bigfoot explores the myth and its lingering appeal. Kayana Szymczak/Getty Images hide caption
Is Bigfoot real? A new book dives deep into the legend
February 9, 2024 The Secret History of Bigfoot is a smart, hilarious, and wonderfully immersive journey into the history of Bigfoot, the culture around it, the people who obsess about it, and the psychology behind it.
Maurice Sendak delights children with new book, 12 years after his death
February 9, 2024 Maurice Sendak's previously unpublished Ten Little Rabbits was released this week. On a visit to the late writer's home, we learned he whistled while he worked. (Story aired on ATC on 2/6/24.)
Super Bowl 2024
Pregame the super bowl with our favorite football fiction.
February 8, 2024 Of course, leave it to the gigantic nerds at NPR to throw a literary tailgate ... but to thine own self be true, even if it means getting stuffed into your locker later this afternoon.
Books from Mexico, Netherlands, and Japan bring rewrites of history, teen tales
February 8, 2024 Books from writers Álvaro Enrigue, Simone Atangana Bekono, and Kiyoko Murata may not come from the same place — but they still work in conversation with each other.
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Reexamining the 'upskirt decade' and the public ridicule of female pop stars.
February 8, 2024 The new book Toxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s reassesses a time when popular culture policed, ridiculed and even took down a variety of women in the public eye.
In her new book Get the Picture, journalist Bianca Bosker explores why connecting with art sometimes feels harder than it has to be. Above, a visitor takes in paintings at The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in London in 2010. Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images hide caption
How the art world excludes you and what you can do about it
February 7, 2024 First of all, can we stop using the word "liminal"? Bianca Bosker spent five years doing in-depth research for Get the Picture — an irreverent book about "strategic snobbery" in the art world.
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A foster parent reflects on loving — and letting go of — the children in his care
February 6, 2024 Mark Daley always knew the goal was reunification — but he was still devastated when the young boys in his care returned to their birth family. He writes about the experience in his new memoir, Safe.
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February 6, 2024 The late author-illustrator, creator of Pierre and Where the Wild Things Are , loved whistling, Mozart, and Mickey Mouse curios. His trademark whimsy can be found in the new book Ten Little Rabbits .
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Police raided George Pelecanos' home. 15 years later, he's ready to write about it
February 5, 2024 Crime fiction author and screenwriter George Pelecanos is known for his gritty realism. His latest short story collection takes that same unsparing look at his own past.
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Black History Month 2024
Target pulls black history month book that misidentified 3 civil rights icons.
February 2, 2024 The magnet book mixed up W.E.B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington and Carter G. Woodson. Target said it will no longer sell the book in stores or online and that it notified the publisher of the errors.
Arts Dec 15
By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet
As the year comes to a close, we’re sitting down with book critics to discuss some of the best books released in 2023. NPR’s Fresh Air book critic Maureen Corrigan and New York Times books editor Gilbert Cruz share their…
Arts Nov 26
Irish writer Paul Lynch won the Booker Prize for fiction on Sunday with what judges called a “soul-shattering” novel about a woman’s struggle to protect her family as Ireland collapses into totalitarianism and war.
By Jill Lawless, Associated Press
Arts Jun 23
A roundup of favorite books to read this summer from NPR book critic Maureen Corrigan and New York Times books editor Gilbert Cruz.
Arts Jun 13
McCarthy, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who in prose both dense and brittle took readers from the southern Appalachians to the desert Southwest in such novels as “The Road,” “Blood Meridian” and “All the Pretty Horses,” died Tuesday.
By Associated Press
British novelist Martin Amis, who brought a rock ‘n’ roll sensibility to his stories and lifestyle, has died. He was 73.
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The Swedish Academy cited the author in 1994 for his works of fiction, in which “poetic force creates an imagined world where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today.”…
By Jeffrey Brown, Alison Thoet, Anne Azzi Davenport
Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR's Fresh Air, and New York Times books editor Gilbert Cruz share some of their favorite books of the year.
Ernaux has mined her own biography to explore life in France since the 1940s, illuminating murky corners of memory, family and society.
Stress levels shot up in the spring of 2020 and for a lot of people, they never came back down. Best-selling author Sophia Nelson has a new self-care book aimed at offering some help during the pandemic, "Be The One…
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2024 National Book Critics Circle Awards Finalists Announced
Jan 25 2024: The National Book Critics Circle has announced 30 finalists in six categories—autobiography, biography, criticism, fiction, general nonfiction, and poetry—for the 2024 National Book Critics Circle Awards, which recognizes books from the publishing year 2023. In ...
How many books will you read before you die?
Jan 25 2024: From The Economist : "Our back-of-the-envelope calculations show how many books you can still hope to read—and how to make time for the best ones. We started by asking 1,500 Americans about their reading habits with help from YouGov, a pollster. Only 54% of ...
Zooniverse Launches Lives of Literary Characters Project
Jan 24 2024: Zooniverse has announced the launch of The Lives of Literary Characters. Volunteers will assist Zooniverse by annotating stories to better understand the complex lives of fictional characters. Zooniverse writes: "The proliferation of stories today is astounding. ...
ALA announces 2024 Youth Media Award winners
Jan 22 2024: The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, digital media, video and audio books for children and young adults – including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and Printz awards.
David Baldacci Selected as the 2024 PEN/Faulkner Literary Champion.
Jan 19 2024: Author and philanthropist David Baldacci has been selected as the 2024 PEN/Faulkner Literary Champion. This annual commendation recognizes a lifetime of devoted literary advocacy and a commitment to inspiring new generations of readers and writers. “David Baldacci, ...
A Big Win in the Texas Book Rating Law Case
Jan 19 2024: In a major victory for freedom to read advocates, the Fifth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals on January 17 upheld a lower court decision to block key provisions of HB 900, Texas’s controversial book rating law, finding that the law likely violated First Amendment ...
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Jan 03 2024: Writing in the New York Times , Maris Kreizman, a book critic and the host of the podcast "The Maris Review," takes a critical look at Goodreads: If you have not kept up with the latest scandal in the world of young adult publishing, it is a doozy. It involves a debut...
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World Champion Gymnast Maggie Nichols was at the top of her game in 2015 when she reported USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar for sexual abuse to USA Gymnastics officials. After failing to make the 2016 U.S. Olympic team and retiring from elite gymnastics, Nichols went on to become one of the best collegiate gymnasts of all time. Nichols joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss her new memoir.
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The Washington Post book reviewer offers his picks for the best fiction of the year.
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Harry Potter first edition found in bargain bin sells for $69,000 at auction
A mom bought a copy of the first Harry Potter book for her kids to read on vacation. More than 20 years later, it sold at auction for $69,000.
- Dec 11, 2023
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Mitt Romney on today's Republican Party
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- Oct 17, 2023
David Brooks on his mission: To counter our nation's spiritual crisis
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- Oct 15, 2023
The reclusive Sly Stone returns, on the page
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Rachel Maddow on "Prequel" and the rise of the fascist movement in America
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"Trust" author Hernan Diaz on his love for "the music of English"
The novelist's Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller is a kaleidoscopic look at the world of the stratospherically rich. He talks about the influence of Edith Wharton on his work, and the miracle of validation that came after years of writing without recognition.
- Oct 1, 2023
Book excerpt: "Enough" by Cassidy Hutchinson
The former White House staffer who testified about the actions of former President Donald Trump during the insurrection writes of her experience as a witness before the January 6 Committee.
- Sep 23, 2023
Oprah chooses "Wellness: A novel" by Nathan Hill as new book club pick
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- Sep 19, 2023
Anderson Cooper on the rise and fall of the Astor fortune
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- Sep 17, 2023
The Book Report: Washington Post critic Ron Charles (September 17)
Recommendations from our book reviewer of new fiction and non-fiction titles, including a controversial new biography of Elon Musk.
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FOURTH WING
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115 weeks on the list
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
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The story of a murder spree in 1920s Oklahoma that targeted Osage Indians, whose lands contained oil.
180 weeks on the list
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42 weeks on the list
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131 weeks on the list
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40 weeks on the list
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The second book in the Empyrean series. Violet Sorrengail’s next round of training might require her to betray the man she loves.
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THE HOUSEMAID
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TWISTED LOVE
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277 weeks on the list
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The friends Frank and Stanley give a vivid account of the Pearl Harbor attack.
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The movie novelization and prequel to "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," written by Roald Dahl.
430 weeks on the list
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A boy with a facial deformity starts school.
249 weeks on the list
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LITTLE BLUE TRUCK'S VALENTINE
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Little Blue Truck delivers Valentine's Day cards to all his farm animal friends.
55 weeks on the list
LOVE FROM THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
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A ravenous insect returns with its appetite intact.
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LOVE FROM BLUEY
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The love between parents and their children.
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HOW TO CATCH A LOVEOSAURUS
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The Catch Club Kids attempt to catch a dinosaur that wants to spread love and kindness.
24 weeks on the list
LOVE FROM THE CRAYONS
by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers
The Crayons show the colors of love.
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PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS
by Rick Riordan
A boy battles mythological monsters.
778 weeks on the list
DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
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The travails and challenges of adolescence.
777 weeks on the list
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314 weeks on the list
THE HUNGER GAMES
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In a dystopia, a girl fights for survival on live TV.
124 weeks on the list
A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER
by Holly Jackson
Pippa Fitz-Amobi solves murderous crimes.
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DIVINE RIVALS
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Two young rival journalists find love through a magical connection.
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Forbidden love is in the air when Paedyn, an Ordinary, and Kai, an Elite, become romantically involved.
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Murtagh and his dragon, Thorn, must find and outwit a mysterious witch.
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In this sequel to "Lightlark," Isla must chose between her two powerful lovers.
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Authors ‘excluded from Hugo awards over China concerns’
Leaked emails reveal organisers of leading science fiction and fantasy awards flagged works of a ‘sensitive political nature’
Leaked emails from the organisers of the prestigious Hugo awards for science fiction and fantasy suggest several authors were excluded from shortlists last year after they were flagged for comments or works that could be viewed as sensitive in China.
In January the Hugo awards published the statistics behind the 2023 awards , which were held as part of the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) in the Chinese city of Chengdu in October. The data showed that the New York Times bestseller RF Kuang and the young adult author Xiran Jay Zhao were among authors who had received enough nominations to be on the ballot in their respective categories but were deemed “not eligible” by the award’s administrators, without further explanation.
The news sparked consternation in the science fiction community, with many fans and authors expressing concern that the awards had been tainted by censorship. Now emails leaked from the 2023 awards committee appear to have confirmed those fears, with a member of the 2024 Worldcon committee resigning as a result.
In an email on 5 June 2023, Dave McCarty, the head of the 2023 Hugo awards jury, wrote: “We need to highlight anything of a sensitive political nature in the work. It’s not necessary to read everything, but if the work focuses on China , Taiwan, Tibet, or other topics that may be an issue *in* China … that needs to be highlighted so that we can determine if it is safe to put it on the ballot or if the law will require us to make an administrative decision about it.”
McCarty did not respond to the Guardian’s request for comment.
The emails were leaked by another member of the 2023 Hugo administration team, Diane Lacey, to Chris M Barkley and Jason Sanford, science fiction writers who are also journalists. Barkley and Sanford published a report about the controversy on Wednesday.
In a statement to Barkley and Sanford, Lacey said: “We were told to vet nominees for work focusing on China, Taiwan, Tibet, or other topics that may be an issue in China and, to my shame, I did so.”
In the emails, Lacey had flagged one of Zhao’s books as being “a reimagining of the rise of the Chinese empress Wu Zetian”, adding: “I don’t know if that would be a negative in China.”
Zhao said: “I cannot believe the western members of the admin team chose to willingly participate in this instead of upholding the integrity of the awards.”
Another of the writers affected was Paul Weimer, who was excluded from the fan writer category. One of the several points raised about him in the emails is that he had previously travelled to Tibet. But Weimer said he had only been to Nepal, not Tibet. “It’s not even competent political censorship – it’s haphazard bullshit,” he said.
The chair of the organising committee of the 2024 Worldcon, which will be held in Glasgow in August, said in a statement that Kat Jones, who had researched Weimer, had resigned from the committee.
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“I acknowledge the deep grief and anger of the community and I share this distress,” Esther MacCallum-Stewart said. She said the committee would be taking steps “to ensure transparency and to attempt to redress the grievous loss of trust in the administration of the awards”.
The incident prompted discussion among the science fiction community in China. One commenter on Weibo wrote: “Diane Lacey’s courage to disclose the truth makes people feel that there is still hope in the world, and not everyone is so shameless … I can understand the concerns of the Hugo award staff, but ‘I honestly think that the Hugo committee are cowards.’”
The Hugo awards are the premier accolade for science fiction and fantasy. They are administered by the World Science Fiction Society, a loose collective of fans who vote for their favourite works or authors across more than a dozen categories before the annual conference, Worldcon, which is held in a different city each year. Last year’s event was the first time it had been held in China.
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Florida school asks parents for permission to have book by an African American author read to students
A Florida school district is drawing fire for asking parents to consent to having their children participate in the reading of an African American author’s book to comply with state law.
“I had to give permission for this or else my child would not participate???” wrote one parent, Charles Walter, who posted a photo of a Miami-Dade County Public Schools permission slip to X on Monday evening.
The form describes the activity as a “read aloud” scheduled for Tuesday from 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the library. Next to “types of guest that may attend the activity or event,” it says: “fireman/doctor/artist.”
In an interview Tuesday, Walter, 46, said the form came from his daughter Eva’s first grade teacher at Coral Way K-8 in Miami.
Walter said that, after he saw it, he gave the teacher verbal consent for Eva to take part but was told that if his daughter didn’t return a signed form, she could not participate.
“My daughter didn’t even mention it to me,” Walter said. “She didn’t want me to sign it because she thought it would be boring.”
He added: “The idea that kids can have a say in what activities they participate in is really strange. And then the idea that some kids would be taken out of class, that just seems bizarre.”
The requirement was implemented to comply with the Parental Rights in Education law, which was signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2022. Supporters say it gives parents greater control over their children’s education, while critics call it the “Don’t Say Gay” law. The law was expanded to prevent classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity in all grades.
DeSantis, a Republican, has signed legislation on several education issues, including what he has called the “ Stop WOKE ACT ,” which limits how race can be taught in school. He has also accused public schools of liberal indoctrination.
Walter, whose other daughter is a fourth grader at the same school, said he has never had to sign a permission slip for either child to participate in a read aloud or listen to a guest speaker at school in the past.
The permission form policy has been in effect in Miami-Dade County public schools since at least November and requires schools to obtain parental consent for various activities, including when a guest speaker visits a class.
Administrators at Coral Way K-8 declined to comment and referred NBC News to the Miami-Dade County Public Schools district.
A spokesperson for the school district said in a statement: “We realize that the description of the event may have caused confusion, and we are working with our schools to reemphasize the importance of clarity for parents in describing activities/events that would require parental permission. However, in compliance with State Law, permission slips were sent home because guest speakers would participate during a school-authorized education-related activity.”
The district spokesperson did not immediately return a request for comment about what book was read to the students or by whom. Walter said all his daughter remembered was that the book was about a boy who could do anything and that all of her classmates were present for the read aloud.
In a statement Tuesday evening, the state’s education commissioner, Manny Diaz Jr., said: “Florida does not require a permission slip to teach African American history or to celebrate Black History Month. Any school that does this is completely in the wrong.”
At a recent school board committee meeting that was posted online, board member Steve Gallon III expressed concern about whether the policy was being implemented fairly and wanted to know if a teacher would be required to obtain permission from parents to have a Holocaust survivor speak. “I don’t want this to be a narrative that is restricted to Black history and African American history,” Gallon said during the Feb. 7 meeting.
John Pace III, the deputy superintendent, and the district’s general counsel, Walter Harvey, responded that any guest speaker, including a Holocaust survivor, would require parental consent. Pace called the permission slips “extracurricular, parent permission forms” and said that they were not required for classroom instruction on African American history or the Holocaust.
Walter’s post on X drew more than 2,000 shares as of Tuesday afternoon and had been liked more than 3,500 times.
“It was obviously quite shocking to receive the form,” Walter said. “I hope that the school district recognizes that people aren’t in agreement with this policy and reconsider.”
Janelle Griffith is a national reporter for NBC News focusing on issues of race and policing.
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A Florida school district is drawing fire for asking parents to consent to having their children participate in the reading of an African American author's book to comply with state law.