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Amanda Oliver Overdue (Paperback) (PRESALE 04/06/2024)
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- Book Title
- Overdue : Reckoning with the Public Library
- Publication Name
- Overdue
- Title
- Overdue
- Subtitle
- Reckoning with the Public Library
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- EAN
- 9781641609210
- ISBN
- 9781641609210
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Social Science
- Topic
- Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Personal Memoirs
- Release Date
- 04/06/2024
- Release Year
- 2024
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Weight
- 16.7 Oz
- Language
- English
- Publication Year
- 2024
- Item Width
- 6in
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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"One part love letter, one part eulogy, Overdue tells the story of America's public library system . . . Amanda Oliver proves herself a vibrant new literary voice . . . This is a book for all book lovers." --Reza Aslan, author of Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth Who are libraries for, how have they evolved, and why do they fill so many roles in our society today? Based on firsthand experiences from six years of professional work as a librarian in high-poverty neighborhoods of Washington, DC, as well as interviews and research, Overdue begins with Oliver's first day at an "unusual" branch: Northwest One. Using her experience at this branch allows Oliver to highlight the national problems that have existed in libraries since they were founded: racism, segregation, and class inequalities. These age-old problems have evolved into police violence, the opioid epidemic, rampant houselessness, and lack of mental health care nationwide--all of which come to a head in public library spaces. Can public librarians continue to play the many roles they are tasked with? Can American society sustain one of its most noble institutions? Pushing against hundreds of years of stereotypes, romanticization, and discomfort with a call to reckoning, Overdue will change the way you think about libraries forever.
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Publisher
Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1641609214
ISBN-13
9781641609210
eBay Product ID (ePID)
8058379968
Product Key Features
Book Title
Overdue : Reckoning with the Public Library
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Personal Memoirs
Publication Year
2024
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Social Science
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
16.7 Oz
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Reviews
"Amanda Oliver's harrowing and moving tale is, among other things, an indictment of our country's grotesquely inadequate social services. She demolishes whatever stereotypes we might carry of librarians and libraries." -- Tom Lutz, award-winning author of The Kindness of Strangers, "One part love letter, one part eulogy , Overdue tells the story of America's public library system through the eyes of a young, idealistic librarian who has experienced both the best and worst of it. Amanda Oliver proves herself a vibrant new literary voice as she weaves her own deeply personal account with an unblinking look what the library was meant to be, and what it has become. This is a book for all book lovers." -- Reza Aslan, author of Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth, "Overdue paints a vivid and meticulously researched picture of American public libraries : not as utopias exempt from the inequality and violence in our country, but as real places that too often bear the brunt of them. Both a deeply personal cry of frustration and a boldly argued rallying cry, this book will change the way you think about libraries. It will, in all the best ways, make you want to fight: not just for more equitable libraries, but for a more equitable world." -- Claire Comstock-Gay, author of Madame Clairvoyant's Guide to the Stars
Table of Content
Contents Dedication Author's Note/Foreword ? Epigraph Part I: Becoming 1 The Incident 2 Omnium Lux Civium 3 Becoming A Librarian 4 So, what do you do? Part II: Empathy 5 The Library From 'L' 6 Can You Help Me? 7 For Whom 8 Burning Out Part III: Reckoning 9 An Education 10 Libraries Will (Not) Save Us 11 Multiphrenia 12 The Nearest Wound: The Future of the American Public Library Acknowledgements Index
Dewey Decimal
027.4/73
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Trade
Dewey Edition
23
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