READING WITH PRIDE
Essential LGBT Reads From Seattle Public Library

Lisa Belkin, 06/22/12

Senior Columnist on Life/Work/Family, Huffington Post

Several high-profile articles in the past few days have created one of those crystallizing moments -- a spotlight on the on the fact that work just doesn't work for so many of us. The more of these moments we have, the greater the chance that things actually change, so let's seize this one and keep talking.

Austin Wilson, 06/22/12

Writer, 'Re•pro•duct'

If you're a regular comic book reader, or even just someone who pays attention to the industry, you've probably heard something about the ongoing piracy debate.

Rick Newman, 06/22/12

Chief Business Correspondent, U.S. News and author of Rebounders: How Winners Pivot From Setback to Success

Don't fault his personal narrative. We could actually use a lot more people with an exalted sense of purpose, all across the political spectrum. To have big ideas, you've got to have a compelling story first.

Richard 'Skip' Bronson, 06/22/12

Chairman and Co-founder, U.S. Digital Gaming

Everybody loves a heavyweight title fight. This helps to explain the premise of my new book, and first try at authoring, The War at the Shore It is a story about two of the biggest tycoons in the casino and real estate business.

The Zinn Education Project, 06/22/12

Teaching A People's History

Helen Keller, whose birthday we celebrate this month -- June 27th -- could be one of those role models. Instead, textbooks and children's literature distort her life's work, and miss key opportunities to inspire young people to make a difference in the world.

Phil Campbell, 06/22/12

Writer, author

This is the story of the only U.S. Congressmen ever sent to an insane asylum.

Elaine Lee, 06/22/12

Partner at The AudioComics Company, Actor, Playwright, Comic Book Writer

As it is with rock gods, so it is with creators of web comics. Writers and artists, who, in an earlier day, would've been paid a fee for pages printed in a physical book, now give away their work online.

Marty Steffens, 06/21/12

Professor and Endowed Chair, University of Missouri School of Journalism

Researching the Civil War leads us down a lot of very dark alleys. Little did I know that researching wartime scarcity of paper for a forthcoming book would lead me to the subject of Southern starvation and the image of stewed kittens.

Marcelo Giugale, 06/21/12

World Bank’s Director of Economic Policy and Poverty Reduction Programs for Africa

Does attachment to cultural values and traditions that never change help you or hurt you in a market economy that is always changing?

Earl Martin Phalen, 06/21/12

CEO, Reach Out and Read; Founder, Summer Advantage USA

"People love to be read to. They love the closeness."

David Ropeik, 06/21/12

Author, 'How Risky Is It, Really?'

In the 50 years since Silent Spring was published, the environmental movement it helped create has accomplished a great deal. It may be less popular to suggest, but it is no less true, that this seminal book and the movement it helped spawn have also caused a great deal of harm.

The European Magazine, 06/21/12

Germany's Leading Online Opinion Magazine

As a child, she wrote fan-letters to famous feminists. Today, Laurie Penny is an author and journalist herself. She talked to Alexandra Schade and Julia Korbik about modern feminism and the connection between capitalism and eating disorders.

Bonnie Fuller, 06/21/12

President & Editor-in-Chief, HollywoodLife.com

There's absolutely no justification for launching a full-on assault on Elizabeth Edwards. Rielle, you have said that you feel it is your "duty" to Edwards and his three children with Elizabeth to write the book which reveals your side of the story.

Cheryl Wills, 06/20/12

Author, Anchor/Reporter for NY1 News, Author of "Die Free: A Heroic Family Tale"

There were roars of laughter during a star-studded production of The Amen Corner which was staged at 25 theaters across the country June 18th, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of playwright James Baldwin's passing.

Christopher Michaelson, Ph.D., 06/21/12

Assistant professor of ethics and business law, University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business

Tolstoy's little-known short novel, Master and Man, holds the analogical key to resolving a critical issue of global economic justice. Tolstoy was regarded as a prophet in his own time, so why not in ours, too?

Russell C. Smith and Michael Foster, 06/21/12

What if the library was scattered all around a city, instead of in one central location and in a handful of branches spread out around neighborhoods?

W. Scott Poole, 06/20/12

Author of Monsters in America: Our Historical Obsession with the Hideous and the Haunting

Historians shouldn't worry that the general public might decide that Abraham Lincoln spent his free time staking and decapitating vampires.