The editors behind the Librarian with Spines series have releasedthe third volume in this popular series. Volume III of LWS is anotheranthology-this time, 5 essays on radical librarianship and aSpanglish interview with Oregon Library Superstar Star Khan-thatengages with critical topics and themes that explore what it meansto "librarian" on behalf of marginalized and under-representedcommunities. From Andrew Barber and Michelle Gohr's indictmentof the Neoliberal Academic Library to Oleg Kagan's championingof the library as a space for immigrant empowerment to YeseniaVillar's courageous essay confronting racism and oppression in publiclibrarianship to Jason Alston's decimation of armchair advocacyvis-a-vis delusions of grandeur common in librarianship to RolandBarksdale-Hall's refl ections on creating empowerment curriculumfor residents in public housing. The five chapters and interview arenot only singular and innovative, but they exert ideas in librarianshipthat are generative, dynamic, far-reaching, community-centered,and resonate with BIPOC Librarians and allies alike. Edited by MaxMacias, Yago Cura and co-edited by Westley Reason, volume 3 seeksto resuscitate the radical breath and inspiration that was put out intothe world with Librarians with Spines, volumes 1 and 2.

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