Library Newsletter - February 2025

The 2025 Black History Month theme is African Americans and Labor. “The theme intends to encourage broad reflections on intersections between Black people’s work and their workplaces in all their iterations and key moments, themes, and events in Black history and culture across time and space and throughout the U.S., Africa, and the Diaspora.” – from asalh.org

The 7th Annual African American Read-in will be on February 19th from noon to 1:00 pm in the library. Come join the celebration by reading an excerpt from your favorite African American author or just listen to others share. Fill out this form to sign up to read. For inspiration, visit the library display, browse the Black History Month research guide, or peruse the Black Heritage Collection online.

Book-a-Librarian

Need research help? Whether you're just getting started with your research or you've hit a roadblock, a librarian can help guide you through developing your topic and finding credible resources relevant to your assignment. Our Book-a-Librarian service offers 30-minute one-on-one meetings to help you navigate college-level academic research. Schedule an appointment through Book-a-Librarian today!

Blind Date with a Book

Don’t judge a book by it’s cover, let us introduce you to a book with great character. Our “Blind Date with a Book” display will feature books wrapped up with a brief description on the front. Read the profile on the cover of each book, pick your date, and check out your book. Unwrap your surprise and get lost in a good book! Will it be love at first page?

How to Live Free in a Dangerous World: A Decolonial Memoir

by Shayla Lawson

Lawson reveals how traveling can itself be a political act, in a world where it can be dangerous to be Black, femme, nonbinary, and disabled. With their signature prose, at turns bold, muscular, and luminous, they travel the world to explore deeper meanings held within love, time, and the self.

Deep Cuts

by Kyle Higgins et al

This collection of six inter-linked sketches is dedicated to the masters of jazz, embracing almost a century of the musical development of the genre and its cross-country travels from one emblematic city to the next. The combination of words and art drive home wonderful stories that go beyond the music.

Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me

by Glory Edim

Edim started the popular Well-Read Black Girl book club at age thirty, but her own love of books stretches far back. Gather Me is a moving memoir and a powerful testament to Black literature's capacity to heal, guide, and help readers become the best they can be.

This Great Hemisphere: A Novel

by Mateo Askaripour

“Northwestern Hemisphere, 2529: an Earth on which half of people are now born literally invisible.” Using invisibility as a metaphor for race, the author delivers a forceful epic about love and family wrapped in a twisty political thriller. This futuristic dystopian novel is creative soul food for your mind.

A Sorceress Comes to Call

by T. Kingfisher

A dark, chilling tale of Cordelia, the sorceress's daughter, who realizes that she doesn't have to stay in her mother's control, and Hester, a beloved spinster trying her best to wrench her brother from the sorceress's charms. Dark fantasy fans will be enraptured by the descriptive narrative and well-developed characters.

Black Girls Breathing: Heal from Trauma, Combat Chronic Stress, and Find Your Freedom

by Jasmine Marie

Marie’s innovative vision to provide accessible wellness and somatic tools to heal trauma and reduce stress is driven by her commitment to improve health outcomes for underserved communities and Black women specifically.

Colleges Worth Your Money: A Guide to What America's Top Schools Can Do for You

by Andrew Belasco et al

This is an invaluable guide for students making the crucial decision of where to attend college. It provides the most up-to-date, accurate, and comprehensive information for gauging America's top schools.

Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering

by Malcolm Gladwell

This book explores how individuals can use power and influence to shape the collective narratives we tell ourselves as groups or as a society and in so doing steward policies and perspectives.

Financial Literacy Starter Kit

ed by Stuart Paterson

Geared towards those who are just starting out, this volume equips you to manage your finances after graduation with practical step-by-step guidance on how to make the most out of your money, what to watch out for, and which pitfalls to avoid.