I wrote LOVE IN THE LIBRARY at the start of Trump's first administration in response to the Muslim ban. I am deeply disappointed that it is once again relevant at the start of a Trump administration, thanks to his mass deportation plans. www.minidoka.org/shop/p/love-... - ThreadSky

maggietokudahall.bsky.social • 105 days ago

I wrote LOVE IN THE LIBRARY at the start of Trump's first administration in response to the Muslim ban.

I am deeply disappointed that it is once again relevant at the start of a Trump administration, thanks to his mass deportation plans.

https://www.minidoka.org/shop/p/love-in-the-library

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bridgetmcgann.bsky.social•104 days ago

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elliottblackwell.bsky.social•105 days ago

Such a beautiful book. It's heartbreaking how we keep returning to such hatred & discrimination over & over again.

helend09.bsky.social•104 days ago

So many are also deeply disappointed, myself included. Books like this to spur conversations are such a gift. It is a shame and injustice that any family suffered what your family has been through.

cdotmcnaughton.bsky.social•104 days ago

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bettesays.bsky.social•104 days ago

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artgardner.bsky.social•105 days ago

I remember when I first read this book and your brave and thoughtful responses to Scholastic.
How I wish we didn’t end up here again.

maggietokudahall.bsky.social•105 days ago

It's the true story of how my grandparents met in a JA incarceration camp in Idaho called Minidoka.

It's about the cruelty of racist policies and the resilience of the people those policies target.

But the need to talk to our youngest about these things persists.

https://www.minidoka.org/shop/p/love-in-the-library

maggietokudahall.bsky.social•105 days ago

If you buy it from the provided link, your purchase will benefit the safekeeping of the stories of all the people just like my grandparents, preserving the legacy of those incarcerated in Minidoka.

History sure fucking likes a rerun, and I'm sick of it.

https://www.minidoka.org/shop/p/love-in-the-library

maggietokudahall.bsky.social•105 days ago

The preservation of these stories is under threat from bans, rising fascism, and from those like the Biden appointed archivist who obey in advance.

Fuck that.

This is why I said no to scholastic LAST year. You know. When there was ample time to resist.

https://www.prettyokmaggie.com/blog/2023/4/11/scholastic-and-a-faustian-bargain

maggietokudahall.bsky.social•105 days ago

Anyway use your library. Support public institutions of learning, and institutions of higher learning. We're fielding a very American and violent wave of anti intellectualism, and that never bodes fucking well for a nation.

arthurdeodat.bsky.social•104 days ago

I bought a copy for Simon and one for June and Leo

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