Librarians With Spines

<p>The editors behind the Librarian with Spines series have released</p><p>the third volume in this popular series. Volume III of LWS is another</p><p>anthology-this time 5 essays on radical librarianship and a</p><p>Spanglish interview with Oregon Library Superstar Star Khan-that</p><p>engages with critical topics and themes that explore what it means</p><p>to librarian on behalf of marginalized and under-represented</p><p>communities. From Andrew Barber and Michelle Gohr's indictment</p><p>of the Neoliberal Academic Library to Oleg Kagan's championing</p><p>of the library as a space for immigrant empowerment to Yesenia</p><p>Villar's courageous essay confronting racism and oppression in public</p><p>librarianship to Jason Alston's decimation of armchair advocacy</p><p>vis-a-vis delusions of grandeur common in librarianship to Roland</p><p>Barksdale-Hall's refl ections on creating empowerment curriculum</p><p>for residents in public housing. The five chapters and interview are</p><p>not only singular and innovative but they exert ideas in librarianship</p><p>that are generative dynamic far-reaching community-centered</p><p>and resonate with BIPOC Librarians and allies alike. Edited by Max</p><p>Macias Yago Cura and co-edited by Westley Reason volume 3 seeks</p><p>to resuscitate the radical breath and inspiration that was put out into</p><p>the world with Librarians with Spines volumes 1 and 2.</p>