Posted on April 7, 2026 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each story. Your choice!
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Ronald H. Spector, one of the first academic historians to address the Vietnam War in his work, died March 26 at age eighty-three; among his books were After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam and Eagle Against the Sun: The American War With Japan (The New York Times).
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The Trump administration has dropped its appeal of Judge John J. McConnell's permanent injunction against further dismantling the Institute of Museum and Library Services, almost a year after the ruling was issued — though, of course, it continues to target the IMLS in other ways (Book Riot).
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More good news related to library-access lawsuits: Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles has denied the Department of Defense's request to dismiss a lawsuit over its removal of nearly six hundred books from school libraries (Publishers Weekly).
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Virginia Evans has won the inaugural James Patterson + Bookshop.org Prize for The Correspondent, netting her $15,000 as well as prime placement online and in select stores; Milo Todd’s The Lilac People took runner-up and its $10,000 prize (Book Riot).
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