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  • IRL: Going on hiatus!

    Hi friends! Thank you all for reading my goofy thoughts about books for the past little while. I wanted to give a heads up that I will be putting this blog on hiatus for the foreseeable future. It’s for a great reason though – I’ve been invited to serve as the administrative assistant to the…

  • NOT RECOMMENDED: Shingebiss: An Ojibwe Legend

    Introduction One of the cool things about working in the main branch of my library is that our shelves serve not only as a gigantic browsing collection for the public but also as a repository of slightly older, not-as-popular books. This is cool for a lot of reasons, but sometimes it leads to discovering things…

  • Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement

    Let the people see what I have seen. We have averted our eyes for far too long. Everybody needs to know what happened to Emmett Till. p. 52 Introduction This book review is coming to you slightly out of (what I’m hoping will be) the normal posting schedule – to celebrate the opening of Emmett…

  • Yes! No! A First Conversation About Consent

    Introduction Hi all! Thanks for your patience while I do conference stuff – I had the chance to attend LibLearnX in New Orleans this past week, and it was lovely. I’m a part of this year’s Emerging Leaders cohort and I’m thrilled to get started, although I also want to talk about some wonderful books…