Natalie Díaz and the Mojave Language
While Natalie Díaz is known internationally for her poetry, she is also passionate about preserving the Mojave language. Díaz’s work with the Mojave language comes from both a desire to … Read More
Cook Reads
Poetry and Recipes
In addition to my position at Rutgers as a part-time business librarian, I am also a food writer and historian. While the vocations might not seem connected, they really do … Read More
Rutgers Alumni Writers: Janet Evanovich
Rutgers Today, published by Rutgers University Communications and Marketing, recently featured a Douglass Alumna in its Alumni News. Author of the popular Stephanie Plum series, Janet Evanovich graduated from Douglass … Read More
Possession
Possession can take many forms. The ownership of things, for example. I think back to the time we moved into our rented duplex in England for a two-year expat assignment. … Read More
Summer Tales with Natalie Díaz
Poet Natalie Díaz will be virtually coming to Rutgers for a live Zoom session! Register Today Díaz won an American Book Award for her first collection of poems, When My … Read More
Carmen Maria Machado, Between Persons
A heads-up: This post, like Machado’s memoir, discusses intimate-partner abuse. There are two distinctive formal features of Carmen Maria Machado’s In The Dream House: A Memoir that are apparent from early … Read More
Why Read Banned Books
In a recent New York Times opinion article entitled Banning My Book Won’t Protect Your Child Carmen Maria Machado shared that parents in a school district demanded the removal of her … Read More
Summer Tales with Carmen Maria Machado
Acclaimed author Carmen Maria Machado is (virtually) coming to Rutgers! Register Today! Machado’s smash hit debut story collection Her Body and Other Parties and award-winning memoir In The Dream House … Read More
Why Read Short Stories
Short stories wrap everything up. Short stories leave you wanting more. Short stories quickly move from one topic to the next. Short stories are neat and tidy. Short stories are … Read More
Staff Picks: Severance
Although published pre-COVID, Ling Ma’s brilliant debut novel Severance eerily mirrors the pandemic that has upended our world for the past year and a half. In Severance, Shen Fever is … Read More