J. Chong
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Overdue
- Reckoning with the Public Library
- De: Amanda Oliver
- Narrado por: Eva Wilhelm
- Duración: 7 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 11
Based on firsthand experiences from six years of professional work as a librarian in high-poverty neighborhoods of Washington, DC, as well as interviews and research, Overdue begins with Oliver's first day at an "unusual" branch: Northwest One. Using her experience at this branch allows Oliver to highlight the national problems that have existed in libraries since they were founded: racism, segregation, and class inequalities.
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2 out of 5 stars
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More like Overdone
- De dunnm02 en 04-06-24
- Overdue
- Reckoning with the Public Library
- De: Amanda Oliver
- Narrado por: Eva Wilhelm
Underwhelming
Revisado: 04-17-22
Libraries aren’t safe spaces for what it’s originally intended. Libraries are used by the unhoused/homeless as a safe space during their open hours. The writer worked at one such library in DC and a tiny portion of the book is about that experience. Most of the book is moralizing written by a less Karen Karen. An article in a newspaper probably would have been sufficient to tell the story. Not to judge the authenticity of the writer or the need for social justice. I just don’t think this was worth either my dough or my time. Most books to be truthful go off on tangents and waste enormous expanses of ink. I can tolerate this with long winded fiction but …
What a waste of my listening time.
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