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Claire Kelley

@clairekelley.bsky.social
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Library student at SJSU & marketing director at Seven Stories Press. Bylines at Library Journal. Boulder, CO • she/her

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jennie rose halperin @littlewow.online · 08/04/2026
If you or someone you know is in North Liberty Iowa, @libraryfutures.bsky.social is so proud to be supporting this event and community read of Ink Knows No Borders: Poems of the Immigrant and Refugee Experience! northlibertylibrary.org/programs/eve...
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Events Calendar – North Liberty Library
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jennie rose halperin @littlewow.online · 08/04/2026
This project launched because of @clairekelley.bsky.social, who was steadfast in finding a new way to bring ebooks to communities. Together with the libraries, she's transparently worked out cost, figured out a license that supports both parties, and been willing to experiment with delivery.
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 14/04/2026
This is what an elder looks like. Jonathan Kozol interview with @clairekelley.bsky.social on how eugenics shaped US public education, and his friendship with Fred Rogers, new at @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social: www.counterpunch.org/2026/04/14/p...
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Public Education, Racial Inequality and the Struggle for Democracy: an Interview With Jonathan Kozol
The suppression of intelligent irreverence and the silencing of questions have come in recent years to be a common practice in far too many schools that I’ve been visiting. In a segregated elementary ...
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Baltimore Magazine @baltimoremagazine.com · 05/08/2025
Maryland researcher Andrew Holter—who recently released an anthology of the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist's work—discusses how Baltimore impacted Kempton's craft.
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Iconic Journalist Murray Kempton Had Baltimore Roots, But He’s Often Forgotten Here
Maryland researcher Andrew Holter—who recently released an anthology of the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist’s work—discusses how Baltimore impacted Kempton’s craft.
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 31/01/2025
New by @clairekelley.bsky.social in Library Journal: librarians doing that radical thing of helping imprisoned people get info they want. www.libraryjournal.com/story/prison...
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Prison Library Support Network Volunteers Meet Incarcerated Information Needs with Grassroots Reference by Mail Service
The Prison Library Support Network (PLSN), established in 2015, works to meet the information needs of people who are incarcerated through a nationwide letter-writing project. Since the reference by m...
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surlyspice she/her @surlyspice.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
SUMŪD edited by malu halasa and @jordanelgrably.bsky.social is available now from @sevenstories.bsky.social @clairekelley.bsky.social #writings #art #palestine #TheMarkazReview #BookSky
book cover for sumūd a new palestinian reader with bold red lettering over an abstract image that evokes razor wire and a green inset panel with the subtitle on it
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Claire Kelley @clairekelley.bsky.social · 28/09/2023
Will KKR's bid to buy Simon & Schuster pass regulatory review if the private equity firm already owns OverDrive? To find out I reported this piece for Library Journal.
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KKR's Ownership of OverDrive Could Raise Questions About Simon & Schuster Purchase
Paramount’s announcement in early August of its deal to sell Simon & Schuster to private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) for $1.62 billion includes a significant detail for the library wor...
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Nathan Schneider @ntnsndr.in · 28/09/2023
We know libraries are under threat from the culture wars, but few have noticed that private equity is preying for libraries and publishers, too—and using employee ownership to justify it. This is a super important story—reported by someone I love:)
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KKR's Ownership of OverDrive Could Raise Questions About Simon & Schuster Purchase
Paramount’s announcement in early August of its deal to sell Simon & Schuster to private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) for $1.62 billion includes a significant detail for the library wor...
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 28/09/2023
I learned so much depressing but important to understand stuff reading this piece. If you're a writer, or a reader, take a close look.
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Claire Kelley @clairekelley.bsky.social · 07/07/2023
Picked this up, Cory Doctorow’s latest from Verso Books, at #ALA2023
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Claire Kelley @clairekelley.bsky.social · 07/07/2023
Lots of good rainbows lately in Boulder Colorado
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Claire Kelley @clairekelley.bsky.social · 07/07/2023
After almost 10 years since my last appointment in the Chicago History Museum archives, I got access to the Red Squad collection last week.
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Claire Kelley @clairekelley.bsky.social · 07/07/2023
Were you into the ending of this book like I was? We read Palo Alto by Malcolm Harris for a fun evening of discussion organized by @zephoria.bsky.social.
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Claire Kelley @clairekelley.bsky.social · 07/07/2023
So excited to read Jhumpa Lahiri’s new story collection, coming fall 2023 from Knopf
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Claire Kelley @clairekelley.bsky.social · 07/07/2023
Lisa Lucas is publishing Helen Garner’s The Children’s Bach at Pantheon
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Seven Stories Press @sevenstories.bsky.social · 06/07/2023
a bounty of Annie Ernaux galleys
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