An addition to this month’s earlier blogpost! Here are some teen reads that are either Little Women retellings OR have the similar vibe of sisterhood, […]
Heights Libraries welcomes newest board member, honors outgoing president
The Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library is pleased to announce the appointment of its newest board member, Hallie Turnberrez. Her term will begin in January […]
Library brings early literacy services to MetroHealth’s WIC office
On a recent visit to the WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) office at the Severance MetroHealth Center, Youth Services Associate […]
Little Women & Adjacent Tween Reads
This month Dobama Theatre is bringing Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women to life on stage through December. If you’re planning on attending the play or […]
Gun Rights as Consumerism with Andrew McKevitt
Professor Andrew McKevitt talks about his book, “Gun Country: Gun Capitalism, Culture, and Control in Cold War America.” America’s gun culture was not an inevitable […]
Favorite Fiction from 2023
For me as a reader, 2023 was simply bursting with excellent fiction. It looks like it was a particularly good year for enjoying contemporary fiction. […]
J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI’s White Christian Nationalism with Lerone Martin
Lerone Martin discusses his new book, “The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: How the FBI Aided and Abetted the Rise of White Christian Nationalism.” Prof. […]
The Three-Body Problem: Sweeping Sci-Fi from China
Within the genre of science fiction, readers will sometimes label stories as either “soft” or “hard” science fiction. “Soft” sci-fi are stories where the narrative […]
Colonial Slavery and Disability with Stefanie Hunt-Kennedy
Professor Stefanie Hunt-Kennedy discusses her book, “Between Fitness and Death: Disability and Slavery in the Caribbean,” which examines the relationship between disability, antiblack racism, and […]
Reproductive Injustice: Black Motherhood and Premature Birth with Prof. Dána-Ain Davis
Prof. Dána-Ain Davis, Queens College, convincingly argues that longstanding poor birth outcomes for Black women, including higher mortality and morbidity rates, cannot simply be explained […]