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Sublime Light: Tapestry Art of DY Begay
Edited by Cécile R. Ganteaume and Jennifer McLerran

​Skeins of yarn in lustrous earth and sky colors form a wool rainbow in one of the opening images in this beautifully designed volume celebrating the creations of renowned Diné tapestry artist Begay, a fifth-generation weaver. Other photographs introduce readers to the Navajo Nation reservation in Arizona, and Begay’s birthplace, Tsélaní, a place of mesas, mountains, and “sublime light” that profoundly inspires her.

Books by Booklist Authors: Donna Seaman’s River of Books
by Susan Maguire

​Keen readers of Booklist know Adult Books Editor Donna Seaman as an astute reader and critic, and have come to rely on her analysis and depth of knowledge for their collection development and readers’ advisory needs. Donna would never tell you this herself, but I’ve heard our readers tell her that they’ll pick up anything she reviews: that’s how clearly Donna’s writing can convey a book’s beauty, meaning, and necessity. It won’t come as a surprise that Donna has been a great reader her whole life, and that, like so many of us, she came of age in the library.

10 Questions for Jayne Allen​
By John Charles

Jayne Allen is a writer, producer, and entrepreneur. In the earliest years of her career, as an alumna of Harvard Law School and Duke University Pratt School of Engineering, she worked as an entertainment attorney, including in service to the late artist Prince.

The Shelf Care Interview: Carole Boston Weatherford​

In this episode of Shelf Care Interview, Sarah Hunter talked to Carole Boston Weatherford about The Doll Test: Choosing Equality

10 Questions for Maxie Dara
​By John Charles

Maxie Dara is a writer and actor from Ontario, Canada. She has been a freelance journalist focusing on the local arts and culture scene for more than five years, with bylines in publications such as Hamilton Magazine and Beyond James, among others.

Top 10 Arts Books for Youth: 2024
by Sarah Hunter

The ability of art to bring comfort, build community, ignite activism, provoke thought, drive ambition, inspire wonder, and bring on a case of the giggles is on display in these top 10 arts books for children and teens, reviewed in Booklist between October 15, 2023, and October 1, 2024.

Top 10 Arts Books: 2024
by Donna Seaman

The all-around finest arts books reviewed in Booklist over the last 12 months deliver indelible tales of the creation of music, movies, drawings, paintings, street art, and Indigenous art traditions made new.