Staff Picks: The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century
When I was asked to join the “Books We Read” team, I thought nothing of writing about the book I was reading at the time (sounds like the objective, right?). … Read More
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From the Archives: Hungarian Refugee Scientists at Rutgers (Part 2)
-Continued from Hungarian Refugee Scientists at Rutgers (Part 1) Language instruction Students had a full schedule. In addition to classes 9 to 4 on weekdays, they had evening programs and … Read More
Banned Books Week 2021 – Read-Out and Flash Talks
BANNED: A Virtual Banned Books Read-Out & Discussions on the Freedom to Read September 30, 2021 at 5:30 – 7:00 pm EST Presented by: SCARLA (The Student College, Academic, and … Read More
Staff Picks: Stepping into the Romance Genre
Content warning: this post mentions sex, sexual assault, and suicide. I read my first soft-core romance novel at nine years old. It was called The Undomestic Goddess and was written … Read More
Summer Tales Summary by Alissa
Hello, my name is Alissa Renales. My pronouns are they/them theirs. I am a Graduate Student in the School of Communications and Information and I will be graduating in December. … Read More
Harmony: What I learned from Summer Tales
The library is more than a house of information; it’s a community center. At libraries, we promote community work, learn new skills, and are given a space to simply hang … Read More
Reading for Recovery: Addiction and Literary Reflection
The below was first written for a project funded by the American Library Association, for a pilot project using reading as a way to address issues of addiction. For more … Read More
Bunkyana
“Bunky” was Jellinek’s nickname, fitting the scientist, the humanitarian, and the “screwball,” as his second wife Thelma Pierce Anderson remembers him in a letter to Mark Keller. Contrary to what … Read More
Finding Humor for Emotional Strength
In Diem Perdidi by Julie Otsuka, the narrator recounts her experiences dealing with her mother’s Alzheimer’s progression. Alzheimer’s is an unforgiving, unpredictable disease. Periods of lucidity are contrasted with periods … Read More
Translating Stories to Make Sense
If this story doesn’t speak to you, you are lucky. If this story doesn’t speak to you yet, it will. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, more than 6 million Americans … Read More