Stressbusters: Books for the End of the Semester
As a graduate student, I can’t stand even looking at a nonfiction book during the semester, so the phrase “Books for stress relief” might seem like a bit of a … Read More
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Books We Write: Christmas for Everyone!
Interview with Becky Diamond, author of the The Gilded Age Christmas Cookbook Becky Diamond is the Business Librarian at Rutgers University Libraries–New Brunswick, bringing valuable experience from past roles at … Read More
Reading Cookbooks: Padma’s All American
As someone who writes cookbooks, I also enjoy reading cookbooks. I’ve blogged about this before in the context of historical and manuscript cookbooks, but this goes for any cookbook. Cookbooks … Read More
Disability Awareness: Cancer and the ADA
October is Disability Awareness Month, and it’s a great time to talk about something that, in our experience, many people don’t realize: cancer can be considered a disability under the … Read More
Disability and Activism: Alice Wong’s Year of the Tiger
Dear Readers, I’m excited to make my first post here on Books We Read, especially in October, which we recognize as Disability Awareness Month here at Rutgers. First, a disclosure: … Read More
Disability Awareness: Autism Spectrum Disorder
Who gets to decide what is good representation and what isn’t? This Disability Awareness Month, I was thinking about this question as I started to compile a list of books about Autism … Read More
Disability Awareness for Children and Young Adults
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, or “NDEAM,” celebrating the value, talent and contributions workers with disabilities bring to America’s workplaces and economy. This year is NDEAM’s 80th anniversary … Read More
Banned Books to Movies
[SPOILERS AHEAD!] I love movies! Sometimes even more than books. I especially love movie adaptations of popular books I’ve never read because if they as good as a movie, they … Read More
Banned Books Week with Books We Read (2020-2025)
Five years ago, in September 2020, the world was operating virtually due to Covid, but that didn’t prevent the small team of Books We Read at Chang Library from celebrating … Read More
Banned Books Week 2025: A Publisher’s Perspective
Bruce Franklin is the owner and publisher of Westholme Publishing, an independent publisher of nonfiction trade books founded in 2003. The press is noted for its distinguished and award-winning titles … Read More