The story of Alexandria is a myth—in fact a collection of myths and legends, sometimes competing with each other—to which the popular imagination continues to cling. The idea of a truly universal ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. The public library system in Brownsville, Texas, has a long history of ...

When Brooklyn librarian Tenzin Kalsang's story time for kids — in which she reads in both Tibetan and English — moved online last year, she was so nervous she couldn't sleep the night before. "I was ...

LAFAYETTE, La. – A library story hour aimed at teaching tolerance is instead receiving backlash from a politician who sees a different message. If it happens, Oct. 6's Drag Queen Story Time would be a ...

Carl Straumsheim’s 12/10 article Clash in the Stacks, and the comments that followed, should be read and discussed on every campus. How is the role of your academic library changing in response to the ...

Dozens of protesters physically blocked the entrance to the San Fernando Library this week to stop a scheduled drag storytime reading event from taking place. Videos posted on social media showed a ...

Forget pajamas and cartoons. For Halle Pino, Ida Kay and Blair St. Clair, Saturday morning meant story time for a room of young kids — and dress-up story time at that. The occasion? Drag Queen ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — On a sweltering Saturday afternoon in August, a group of parents escaped the heat with their children to go to an indoor story time led by someone who looked like she might have ...

June is LGBT Pride Month. A Warren County library wanted to do something to mark the occasion, so it enlisted a New Jersey drag queen to read a story to children. But they never got the chance. They ...

A Massachusetts minister is speaking out after the Chelmsford Public Library changed its mind and allowed him to host a "Pastor Story Hour" following a previous decision to cancel the event. Kendall ...