In the Country of Women by Susan Straight In the Country of Women is a valuable social history and a personal narrative that reads like a love song to America and indomitable women. In inland Southern California, near the desert and the Mexican border, Susan Straight, a self-proclaimed book nerd, and Dwayne Sims, an African American…Continue Reading Leisure to the Rescue!
Join us Wed., Oct. 2 at 7PM for to kick off this semester’s Bechdel-Wallace Film Series!…Continue Reading Bechdel-Wallace Film Series
“What do you want?” I demanded. “A moment of peace and quiet,” he snapped, rubbing his temples. Book one in the Court of Thorns and Roses series is a staple to any fantasy bookworm’s shelf. From start to finish the series is groundbreaking and illustrative, with beautiful language for everyone to love. A Court of…Continue Reading A Court of Thorns and Roses
Libraries are, at their core, institutions that fight against censorship and support the freedom to seek and express ideas, so this year, from September 22nd to the 28th, we will be celebrating Banned Books Week by having our annual Banned Bookmark Scavenger Hunt. Each day from the 22nd-28th, we’ll be putting up daily clues on our social media channels…Continue Reading Library’s Banned Bookmark Scavenger Hunt Highlights Challenged Books in the Collection
A collection of books published by Siglio are currently on display at the Blough-Weis Library just outside of the Caruso Innovation Center, so feel free to have the front desk direct you towards a reading experience that you won’t soon forget! And come hear Lisa Pearson, founder of Siglio Press, as she presents this year’s Publishing & Editing Lecture,…Continue Reading Beautiful Siglio Press Books on Display in the Library
‘Do you think I’m a whore?’ Harry pulled over to the side of the road and turned to me. ‘I think you’re brilliant. I think you’re tough. And I think the word whore is something ignorant people throw around when they have nothing else.’ I listened to him and then turned my head to look…Continue Reading The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Our first Silent Book Club was a huge success! Thanks to all that came to participate! Our next meeting will be Wednesday, October 30th at 8PM. Details below! This semester, we’re doing things a bit differently. We’re introducing the Silent Book Club to gather friends & spend time reading our own books and talking about them as…Continue Reading The Books are Back in Town!
The Quality of Mercy by Barry Unsworth Barry Unsworth returns to the terrain of his Booker Prize-winning novel Sacred Hunger, this time following Sullivan, the Irish fiddler, and Erasmus Kemp, son of a Liverpool slave ship owner who hanged himself. It is the spring of 1767, and to avenge his father’s death, Erasmus Kemp has had…Continue Reading New To Us
SU Students, come meet all the library staff and learn about our services at our 5th annual Open House, happening on Tuesday, September 3rd from 12-5PM. The Open House highlights all the resources, services and spaces we offer for students in a fun and interactive way! If you’re a first-year student just settling in or a senior…Continue Reading The Library is Open for Business
“There are plenty of things that a teenage boy doesn’t tell his mother. As we get older, there are more and more things we hold back, things too hard to say or too embarrassing to explain. We do this to protect our mothers as much as ourselves, because let’s face it – most of our…Continue Reading The Impossible Fortress
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