Phil Morehart, Author at I Love Libraries

‘How I Library’ Episode 19: Nick Brooks

Phil Morehart on June 13, 2025

In episode 19 of the “How I Library” podcast, show host and I Love Libraries editor Phil Morehart speaks with Nick Brooks. Brooks is the critically acclaimed author of the award-winning young adult (Y.A.) thriller, “Promise Boys,” a filmmaker, and a musician from Washington, D.C. His new book, “Up In Smoke,” is another page-turning Y.A. thriller that follows the events that spiral after a murder is committed during a Black Lives Matter protest. It’s part murder mystery, part call to revolution.

Former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden Speaks Out on Her Firing by President Trump

Phil Morehart on June 11, 2025

Former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden sat down with Robert Costa on CBS Sunday Morning this weekend to discuss a variety of subjects, most notably her May 8 firing by President Trump.

Court Allows Trump Admin to Proceed with Efforts to Destroy IMLS as Case Continues

Phil Morehart on June 6, 2025

The library world—and Americans in general—received bad news late today when a federal judge declined to block the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The ruling, issued in ALA v. Sonderling, will allow the administration’s cuts at the independent agency while the case proceeds.

Libraries Around the World Rally Around America’s Libraries

Phil Morehart on June 4, 2025

The international library community is rallying around its peers and colleagues in the United States as they endure challenging times that have seen the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under attack by President Trump and Dr. Carla Hayden fired as the Librarian of Congress.

Seeing Beyond the Spectrum

Phil Morehart on June 2, 2025

Alexis Chanthachack, assistant director of Beals Memorial Library in Winchendon, Massachusetts, knows how difficult it can be to find activities and events—especially in rural areas—that are welcoming to autistic youth. That immediacy led the mother of two sons diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder to become the driving force behind the library’s accessibility work—work that led the library to receive a Libraries Transforming Communities Accessible Small and Rural Communities grant from the American Library Association to enhance accessibility for patrons on the autism spectrum.

U.S. Book Challenges Update: May 2025 Edition

Phil Morehart on May 29, 2025

Our latest report on book bans happening across the the U.S. and efforts to fight them includes news from Tennessee and Texas, as well as a look at the banning of a picture book by the beloved author of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar.”

‘Hamilton’ and Hip-Hop at the Library

Phil Morehart on May 28, 2025

Broadway came to the library when cast members from the musical “Hamilton” paid a visit to Las Vegas-Clark County Library District’s Hip-Hop Storytime.

Author Dave Eggers Heads to Minnesota to Protest Book Bans

Phil Morehart on May 23, 2025

Author Dave Eggers visited Minnesota earlier this month to join students, parents, and teachers in protest over book bans at St. Francis Area Schools about 40 miles north of Minneapolis.

Tell Congress to Fund Libraries Before It’s Too Late

Phil Morehart on May 19, 2025

Libraries across the country are having their funding slashed—with more planned in the future. It’s time to let Washington know that we’re fed up with it. The best way for any Congressmember to demonstrate their commitment to library funding is to sign on to “Dear Appropriator” letters in support of libraries. These letters close tomorrow, May 20, so we need to act now and urge them to sign.

‘How I Library’ Episode 18: Marium Zahra and Aruja Misra from PBS News Student Reporting Labs

Phil Morehart on May 15, 2025

In episode 18 of the “How I Library” podcast, show host and I Love Libraries editor Phil Morehart speaks with Marium Zahra and Aruja Misra, two high school students from Texas who are participants in “On Our Minds,” an award-winning podcast series about the teenage experience from PBS News Student Reporting Labs. The new season asks teens, “Who Inspires You?” For Zahra and Misra, it was their school librarian who is beloved on campus for being a proponent of reading banned books. Zahra and Misra join the show to discuss working with PBS News, podcasting, journalism, banned books, and of course, how they library.

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