Category: Events
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Creative Writing Reading Series: Daryl Farmer
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Read More: Creative Writing Reading Series: Daryl Farmer~from Michaela Hayes Daryl Farmer is a photographer, husband, professor, program director, cyclist, and most notably to us, a writer. He has two books out, Where We Land: Stories (2016) and Bicycling Beyond the Divide: Two Journeys into the West (2008). He holds a BA in Physical Education from Adams…
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Women’s History Month: Madeleine L’Engle
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Read More: Women’s History Month: Madeleine L’EngleMadeleine L’Engle is best known for her young adult fiction, books that reflect both her Christian faith and her strong interest in science. Some interesting facts about her and her work: She wrote her first book at age five and started keeping a journal at eight. For many years, she wrote and…
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Motivation Monday, from famous Women Authors
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Read More: Motivation Monday, from famous Women AuthorsIn light of this year’s Women’s History month theme, “Nevertheless She Persisted: Honoring Women Who Fight All Forms of Discrimination Against Women,” we found some powerful quotes about persistence we wanted to share with you, to offer you some motivation to persevere on this windy Monday. “You may…
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Women’s History Month: Elizabeth Warren and Coretta Scott King
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Read More: Women’s History Month: Elizabeth Warren and Coretta Scott KingThe theme for Women’s History Month 2018 is Nevertheless She Persisted: Honoring Women Who Fight All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. The origins of that phrase, “nevertheless she persisted” can be traced to February 2017 when “Senator Elizabeth Warren was silenced during Jeff Sessions’ confirmation hearing for Attorney General. At…
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Women’s History Month: Elizabeth Warren and Coretta Scott King
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Read More: Women’s History Month: Elizabeth Warren and Coretta Scott KingThe theme for Women’s History Month 2018 is Nevertheless She Persisted: Honoring Women Who Fight All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. The origins of that phrase, “nevertheless she persisted” can be traced to February 2017 when “Senator Elizabeth Warren was silenced during Jeff Sessions’ confirmation hearing for Attorney General. At…
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Women’s History Month 2018
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Read More: Women’s History Month 2018Celebrated in March to coincide with International Women’s Day on the 6th, Women’s History Month highlights the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. This year’s national theme is “Nevertheless She Persisted: Honoring Women Who Fight All Forms of Discrimination Against Women” and here on the blog, similarly to how we…
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Black History Month: Jesmyn Ward
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Read More: Black History Month: Jesmyn WardAuthor Jesmyn Ward is making waves with her third novel, Sing, Unburied, Sing, which was just released in 2017. This novel won the National Book Award, making Ward the first woman to win not one, but two National Book Awards in Fiction. Ward was born in 1977 in DeLisle, Mississippi.…
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Black History Month: Essay Collections, a Reading List
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Read More: Black History Month: Essay Collections, a Reading List~from Jill Salahub As we wrap up our celebration of Black History Month, we want to share one more reading list — this time we focus on essay collections. Here are some of our favorites and recommendations. We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates. This is…
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Black History Month: YA Reading List
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Read More: Black History Month: YA Reading List~from Katie Haggstrom Even as college students, it’s still fun to read young adult novels. We’ve found some classic and some new must-read young adult novels, all featuring African American authors. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. This book made the New York Times young adult best seller list.…
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Black History Month: Nonfiction Reading List
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Read More: Black History Month: Nonfiction Reading ListSo far this Black History Month, we’ve shared a reading list from Camille Dungy, a poetry-themed list, and a list of books by Black authors that had been adapted into films. Today, we’d like to share a list of nonfiction books we think are worth a read. Women, Race, & Class…