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Roxanne Gay is a writer, editor, professor, and intellectual, but she’s now added romance author to her resume. The famous author has made no secret of his admiration for Channing Tatum. Gaye, who has been tweeting for years about wanting to work with actors, is making her dreams – and ours – come true. During a recent appearance on Dua Lipa’s Service 95 podcast, Gaye confirmed that she is co-writing a romance novel, scheduled for publication in 2027. There’s little information about the plot, but rest assured, “It’s very sexy. There’s a lot of sex.”
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National Library Week “BookLook” T-shirt Design Contest
Calling all artistic book nerds! The folks at Syndicate
Entries for the Book Looks contest are currently being accepted until April 8th. Finalists will be selected by a panel of judges and announced on April 15th, with three winners chosen by fan voting. First place winner will receive $5,000, second place will receive $1,500 and third place will receive $1,000. All prizes will be split 50/50 between the winner and the library of their choice.
The winning T-shirt design will also be sold as official merchandise at BookThatChangedMyLife.org and promoted to the Syndicate X Library community. Click here to learn more about the contest and how to participate.
In 2026, some of the biggest trends in state-level law targeting books and libraries exploit two legal concepts to facilitate the banning of books in public schools and public libraries. The first is mirror test. The second is the “government speech” principle. Kelly Jensen, senior editor at Book Riot, and Sara Ramdan, executive director of the American Library Association’s Office of Intellectual Freedom, unpack this question.
