National Fair Housing Month celebrates the passage of the Fair Housing Act in April, 1968, a national law that prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental […]
Non-Fiction
Take a Nature Walk—With a Book!
Though the Northeast Ohio winter seems to drag on forever, the slow transition into spring can be extremely rewarding to those with an appreciation for […]
The Global Humbling: Zadie Smith’s “Intimations”
Zadie Smith’s Intimations is the first book I have read about the pandemic. It is a short book of six essays, written during the first […]
Letters to a Young Writer
If you are a writer seeking advice, or someone who is interested in how novels are written, I would recommend reading Colum McCann’s Letters to a […]
Library’s 1619 Project program series continues to explore issues of race
When COVID-19 hit Ohio in March 2020, Heights Libraries shut down and canceled most of its programs. With the help of the now ubiquitous video […]
Memoir: Sigh, Gone
I don’t normally read memoirs, but I did recently for a book club. Much to my surprise, I enjoyed it! We read Phuc Tran’s Sigh, […]
Our Team: What was, what could’ve been, and what is
Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series that Changed Baseball is a slightly unusual sports book. I’ve read plenty of […]
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 […]
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 […]
