July 18 was Nelson Mandela International Day. This post highlights his contributions and continuous legacy. Nelson Mandela International Day celebrates the legacy of Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first Black president, … Read More
Editor’s note: Welcome our new blogger, Danielle Pitter, published poet and graduate student assistant from the Master of Information Program at the School of Communication & Information at New Brunswick … Read More
Breaking through: My life in science, a modest and unpresuming title, sounds unlike the typical editorializing titles of memoirs published by “celebrities” in the popular culture sense of the word. … Read More
This post continues my (non-competitive) efforts to highlight a cross-section of food, books, and libraries, previously detailed in Hamburger America: Burgers and Books (Part 1). Our Hamburger Story (cont’d) While … Read More
Without trying to compete with our in-house foodie and accomplished food writer, Becky Diamond, in this post I’d like to highlight a cross-section of food, books, and libraries that I … Read More
Systemic racism (defined as the oppression of a racial group to the advantage of another as perpetuated by inequity within interconnected systems) can come in many forms. The following books … Read More
A good title is short and memorable. As such, titles of literary works can’t be copyrighted. For generations, Three Sisters referred to a play by Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov. who … Read More
Following up on part one of the interview with the representatives of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America (UNWLA), the second part continues to advocate and educate the public … Read More
At the start of the war in Ukraine, we were interested in books available about Ukraine from our libraries. We wrote about poets and poems from Ukraine, as well as … Read More
Is there honor among thieves? Inspired by our last post on Crook Manifesto, Colson Whitehead’s Harlem-set work of fiction, which appeals to all readers of caper stories, let’s take a … Read More