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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, April 17, 2026

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From My Shelf

• In This Issue

The Writer's Life

• Jake Skeets: 'He Said My Name'
• Joshua Bennett: We, a Powerful Plural Pronoun

Book Candy

• Book Candy

Book Review

• Fiction

  • The Left and the Lucky
  • Midnight, at the War
  • Cleo Dang Would Rather Be Dead
  • Go Gentle
  • Leave Your Mess at Home

• Graphic Books

  • Names and Faces: A Graphic Memoir

• Essays & Criticism

  • Against Breaking: On the Power of Poetry

• Poetry

  • We (the People of the United States)
  • Visitations: Poems
  • Dispatch from Every Second Guess

• Children's & Young Adult

  • A Potion, a Powder, a Little Bit of Magic: Or, Like Lightning in an Umbrella Storm
  • Mousestache Moosestache
  • Girl Reflected in Knife
  • How the Other Half Die
  • The Dream Factory
  • Airports: Behind the Scenes

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Wednesday, April 22, 2026

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News

• NEIBA Spring Forum: A Professional and Personal Report
• Judith Curr Retiring from HarperOne Group Next Month
• Enchanted Pages Bookstore, Wichita Falls, Tex., Hosts Grand Opening
• Ada's Technical Books in Seattle, Wash., to Close 
• Obituary Note: Desmond Morris

Notes

• Image of the Day: Gaelynn Lea Launch
• Cool Idea: '30 Days of Laughter'
• Bookshop Engagement: Northport Books
• Bookstore Moment: 2 Dandelions Bookshop
• Personnel Changes at Sourcebooks

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Percival Everett on Today
• Movies: Virginia Woolf's Night & Day

Books & Authors

• Awards: Oregon Book Winners; Hillman Book Winner
• Reading with... Bonnie Friedman

Book Review

• Starred Children's Review: The Greatest Bedtime Story Ever

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Wednesday April 15, 2026: Maximum Shelf: Whale Harbor

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Maximum Review

• Whale Harbor

The Writer's Life

• Mary Beth Keane: A Family of Good Storytellers

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April 14, 2026 Dedicated Issue: Celebrating Binc's 30th Anniversary

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Editors' Note

• Binc: 30 Years of Book People Caring for Book People

News

• Binc: An Amazing History
• The Binc 30th Anniversary Gala
• Binc Gala Speakers and Honorees
• How Binc Helps: Two Examples