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Book Review of the Week: ‘Partially Devoured: How Night of the Living Dead Saved My Life and Changed the World’

October 2, 2026

For this installment of our weekly book reviews from Booklist, the American Library Association’s (ALA) book and media review publication, we’re kicking off the Halloween season with Becky Spratford’s review of “Partially Devoured: How Night of the Living Dead Saved My Life and Changed the World” by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former ALA staffer Daniel Kraus.

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How I Library episode 34: Min Jin Lee

HOW I LIBRARY EPISODE 34: Min Jin Lee

In episode 34 of the “How I Library” podcast, show host and I Love Libraries editor Phil Morehart speaks with author Min Jin Lee about her new novel, “American Hagwon.”

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