Katherine Reay’s The Berlin Letters follows Luisa, a young CIA cryptographer, in 1989, when communist regimes are already crumbling across Europe. Breaking the hidden code contained in some letters her … Read More
Many authors are thought of as introverts. Think J.D. Salinger and his reclusive nature after the huge success of The Catcher in the Rye; Emily Dickinson, who rarely left her … Read More
As your friendly neighborhood librarian, I must remind you: stack your bedside books carefully. Your nightstand is essentially a tiny public library you operate in your sleep, and if you … Read More
We are inundated daily with reports about the devastating effects climate change is wreaking on the planet. I have written about climate change books in the past, but I wanted … Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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