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Kristen Twardowski

Kristen Twardowski stumbled her way through working with wolves and libraries and found her professional home doing marketing and data analysis in the publishing industry. Though there will always be a place in her heart for numbers and graphs, the rest of her love is given to words. She recently published her debut novel, a psychological thriller called When We Go Missing, and blogs about books and writing on her website A Writer's Workshop.

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The White House's recent budget seeks to close the National Endowment for the Humanities beginning in fiscal year 2018.

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Congress voted to cut the powers of the first African American Librarian of Congress and give some of her powers to Donald Trump.

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Quote is the video game book loves will want to check out.

Sympathy for the Trees and Empathy in Children’s Books

On the children's books that teach kids to care about the world around them.