This week the Matchmakers team welcomes guest blogger Maggie Lawrence, Youth Services Associate at our Noble Branch! Maggie writes: Gideon the Ninth...
Hot Summer Reads
Do these hot summer temperatures have you hiding out at home to beat the heat? If you're looking for a good read that will rival the heat outdoors,...
Matchmakers Midsummer Book List
On June 21st, the Matchmakers hosted our first-ever Outdoor Book Talk event! Each member of our team prepared to share three books we enjoyed and...
Consumed by the flame: Jhumpa Lahiri’s “Whereabouts”
In Whereabouts, Jhumpa Lahiri explores the terrain of her own mind amid a lush, formidable Italian city. The word “novel” appears below the title,...
Multigenerational Reparations with Professor Thomas Craemer
In this interview, Professor Craemer looks at past reparations for slaveowners in the United States and Great Britain as successful examples of multi-generational payments. We go into the math of how Black reparations might be calculated, as well.
The Matchmakers Celebrate Pride Month
June is Pride Month, and the Matchmakers team celebrates with a special reading list featuring recent LGBTQIA+ titles: The Secret to Superhuman...
The Nao of Brown by Glyn Dillon
Welcome to our post by guest blogger Kate Atherton! The mysterious cover art, depicting the protagonist Nao with a washing machine head and the end...
Outlawed in the Dystopian Wild West
If you're looking for a queer western set in a dystopian wild west, look no further! Anna North's Outlawed (ebook) has got you covered. Seventeen...
Take a Walk With Lillian Boxfish
Do you want to read more about New York City in the hectic, glittering era of Dorothy Parker and Robert Benchley? Then you can't do better than...
Stories of Your Life: Short Stories by Ted Chiang
I recently finished Ted Chiang's sci-fi short story collection Stories of Your Life and Others, an engaging, smart, and varied set of stories that...
Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Celebrate or expand your knowledge by checking out some of these books from your local...
Springtime Staff Picks from Your Library!
Springtime is the best season for reading... well, every season is the best season for reading! Here are some books the Matchmakers team enjoyed...
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