Joyce Carol Oates from both sides of the Iron Curtain
Have you ever noticed that once you start paying attention to something – or someone – you seem to bump into it/him/her everywhere? Some call it Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon; I prefer … Read More
News
Summer Tales – End of Story?
As we are closing to wrap up our Summer Reading program this week with a series of blog posts with our reflections, first, here is a list of findings participants … Read More
Summer Tales Update: In the Homestretch
Following up on our successful Neil Gaiman discussion, the Summer Tales Book Club turned to a classic: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Sleeping and Waking,” a piece about insomnia that straddles the … Read More
Summer Tales with Joyce Carol Oates!
Come hear acclaimed writer Joyce Carol Oates read from and talk about her short story “Where Is Here?”! Oates is a National Book Award winner, a five-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, and one … Read More
A recap of Session 1 of the Summer Tales Book Club
As hosts of the Summer Tales Book Club reading program delivered in Canvas in the summer of 2020 as a joint initiative of Summer Session and New Brunswick Libraries, we … Read More
Launching Summer Tales
Books We Read has some exciting news: New Brunswick Libraries and the Department of Continuing Studies have teamed up to launch Summer Tales Book Club, a short story discussion group … Read More
New Resource Alert! Collections of Interest at SCUA
Recently, I got the chance to speak with Tara Maharjan from Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) about their resources that our science students may find useful or interesting. After … Read More
Escapist Reads: Fantasy Edition
We’ve been talking A LOT about pandemics and viruses and I think it’s time to take a break. In fact, I think it’s time to escape. However, since we can’t … Read More
Plays We Read?
New York Times theater critic Ben Brantley has a suggestion in the March 27 issue of the New York Times for entertainment during the pandemic era: reading plays aloud! Now is … Read More
Introducing Cook Reads
No doubt that, once again, old fashioned books have become the go-to escape solution for many of us during these times. The new norms of sheltering in place, self-quarantining, or … Read More