Promotional-book essays can make for a tricky genre, which embodies an expectation that shapes other parts of the promo process: that writers be ambassadors and educators for their books’ issues, even if those issues are incidental to the work.
Modern anti-gay legislation mirrors the mass hysteria of the Lavender Scare, when thousands of gay people were fired or forced to resign from their jobs.
The Boyle County School District quietly quietly banned more than 100 books, citing anti-trans bill SB 150. But a local campaign by students and their peers successfully pushed back.