Graphic novels are more than the Superhero comics that star handsome, square-jawed,—often white—male protagonist that defend the world from villains hell-bent on world domination. They are a vibrant and malleable format that encompasses all genres and can serve to enhance an author’s stories using pictures, panels, and word bubbles. And they, like their creators and…
LGBTQ+ Fiction: April 2018
Welcome back to the LGBTQ+ Fiction blog! Now that we’ve gotten some of my favorite books out of the way, going forward, I will mostly be reviewing newer books, published within the last year or two. Though I may, at times, review something older if it’s new to me and available at the library, because…
Explore a Classic Epic Poem: Beowulf
Beowulf is an epic poem that is both one of the most important works in English literature, and a great adventure story. While it is set in Scandinavia in the early sixth century, the poem was composed in England somewhere between the seventh and the end of the tenth century. It concerns the heroic deeds…
Business Resources for Poetry Entrepreneurs
In honor of Poetry Month I'd like to share with readers a few resources regarding the business side of poetry. If you'd like to embark on a career in poetry but are unsure of which road to travel by, the Kirstein Business Library & Innovation Center is here to help. With social media companies such…
Featured Collection: Emily Dickinson Collection, 1862-1907
In April, 1862, The Atlantic published an article by Thomas Wentworth Higginson titled “Letter to a Young Contributor.” He received a direct reply from a young poet named Emily Dickinson. She included four examples of her poems and asked if he thought her work was “alive.” Higginson responded and offered her a positive review and…
Books for Podcast Fans: Dear Sugars
In their long-running Dear Sugars podcast, authors Cheryl Strayed and Stephen Almond answer their listeners’ biggest, most heart-wrenching life questions. Many podcasts offer listener advice - I've enjoyed Totally Married and Anna Faris is Unqualified myself. The Sugars, however, have transformed advice-giving into a true art. They respond deeply to each listener, and their advice…
Anti-Slavery Manuscripts: How We’re Dividing the Data
A note from IMLS Postdoctoral Fellow, Samantha Blickhan on the logic behind how we decided to make a fairly large collection of manuscripts more manageable in our transcription project: Crowdsourcing can be an effective tool for classifying really large datasets, and Anti-Slavery Manuscripts (ASM) is no exception. The dataset is made up of about 12,000 letters written during the 19th…
A Not-to-be-Missed Series Debut
The Last Place You Look Lepionka introduces wonderfully flawed Roxane Weary, a gutsy, risk-taking, bisexual private investigator who doesn't know when to quit. Still reeling from her cop father's death on the job, she reluctantly becomes a death row inmate's last shot at proving his innocence. Fueled by sugar, alcohol, and bad relationships, she discovers…
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