For this week’s National Poetry Month Poet-themed staff pick of the week, we are highlighting 3 prominent and very different poets. One is the widely acclaimed Shel Silverstein, the immortal bard William Shakespeare, and the popular children’s poet Jack Prelutsky. Silverstein is well known for his children’s poetry collections A Light […]
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It’s National Poetry Month, and who better to be the poet of the week then one of the most popular poets in America. Billy Collins has said about his poetry that it is “suburban, it’s domestic, it’s middle class, and it’s sort of unashamedly that.” Accessible, delightful, and celebrating and mourning the […]
Mawlānā Jalāl-ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī, most commonly referred to as Rumi, was a 13th century Persian poet, Islamic scholar, and Sufi Mystic, among other things. His poetry covers a wide range of topics, and are amazingly relatable and full of advice centuries later. These two collections showcase this magnificent poet’s work. […]
This week’s staff pick kicks off a loose series (meaning that they all occupy the same world but aren’t about the same characters), so you don’t have to read them in order. The Fairy Godmother looks into what happens when fairy tales go wrong, and how you can change your […]
This is an easily readable novel in verse, and the staffer who read this absolutely loved this version of the Shakespeare authorship question and wishes it were true. “On May 30th, 1593, a celebrated young playwright was killed in a tavern brawl in London. That, at least, was the official […]
It’s National Reading Month! Even though Winter Reading ends today, we want to encourage you to keep reading, especially since spring officially starts tomorrow (despite the snow)! If you haven’t started our Read Harder Challenge, it’s a great time to start (find flyers at Circulation and Reference). Don’t know where […]
You may or may not have heard that author Terry Pratchett died this past Thursday at the age of 66. A wonderfully imaginative author, he is best known for his Discworld novels. We recommend one of his books as this week’s Staff Pick. A couple staff favorites are Small Gods […]
The Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas is this week’s staff pick of the week. Below is the synopsis for the first book, and the series just gets better with every installment. Our staffer says that the first book is pretty decent, the second is very good, and […]
This week’s staff pick is A Good Indian Wife by Anne Cherian. This is a charged novel about arranged marriage and Indian culture in the 1980s, in India and America. “Handsome anesthesiologist Neel prides himself on his decisiveness, both in and out of the operating room. So when he agrees […]
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen is this week’s staff pick. A fantastic story about love, friendship, and some of the darker things in life, all behind the glittering lights of the circus. As it’s set in the 1930’s, there is unfortunately some animal abuse in the novel so please be […]