Once again the Publishers Weekly U.S. Book Show delivered information, entertainment, and inspiration!  https://usbookshow.com/   Outstanding keynote speakers, author chats, and panel discussions with the engaging Friends & Fiction fun with Tia Williams (Seven Days in June) and T.J. Newman (Falling), Libraries Are Essential, Black Women, Black Voices: Debut Memoirists on Career and Publishing, Celeste Ng, TikTok and Books, and Bringing the World to Your Door as particular favorites, along with Comics and Graphic Novels and so much more. My TBR pile may collapse under the weight of all the new editions.  Plus, the Prince George's County Memorial Library System offers plenty of summer reading options (as usual). Shifters in Love Wish Out of Water by Holley Trent  Mad for a Mate by MaryJanice Davidson  All About the Digits  Starry-Eyed Love by Helena Hunting  Mr. Wrong Number by Lynn Painter  Brace for Impact  The Book of Luke: Earthq...

  The simple truth is that each individual's identity contains a complex blend of factors, traits, and cultures.   In the context of identity, "What are you?" is rude, invasive, insensitive, and outdated for too many reasons to list. People are not obligated to satisfy random strangers' and distant acquaintances' idle curiosity.  Each one of the billions of people who exist is a unique individual. In the spirit of The Golden Rule let's study, respect, and celebrate each other's cultures and contributions.  The umbrella term of "Asian" is as problematic as "African" and "Indian" with being rooted in the nomenclature of colonial imperialist oppression. Hundreds if not thousands of distinct cultures fall under each label. Educators, historians, public libraries and librarians, bookstores and booksellers are ready, willing, and able to recommend helpful resources for learning more about unfamiliar people and places and ways of exi...