Beth and Amy | New Book Review
Retellings walk a fine line between honoring the original source material and modernizing the story. Beth & Amy is both faithful to the spirit of Little Women but creative enough to stand on
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The Croods: A New Age | Staff Film Review
The Croods: A New Age (PG 2021)DVD – Entertainment In The Croods: A New Age, we pick up with the Croods right after they’ve left everything they’ve known before. While
15 Books for Raising Resilient Kids | Librarian List
The past year has been full of unexpected challenges and adversity! Whether it’s the global pandemic or personal and family challenges, having resilience can make the unbearable easier to
A History of American Sports in 100 Objects | Sports Book Review
A History of American Sports in 100 Objects looks at all kinds of history through these unique objects.
Anti-Racist Asian Reading List
This anti-racist Asian reading list covers a wide range of nationalities, identities, and experiences to help #StopAsianHate.
Strange Rites | Book Review
Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World by Tara Burton is highly recommended for understanding the post-postmodern zeitgest.
Gideon the Ninth | Book Review
Gideon the Ninth is a story of necromancy and swordplay in space with lesbians, and, honestly, what else do I need to say about it?
The Book of Eels | Book Review
The Book of Eels embraces the mysteries of the eel, which have come to embody the mysteries of life and death for the author, Patrik Svensson.
Stories about Food | Librarian List
Federico Fellini once said, “Life is a combination of magic and pasta.” I definitely agree. Never underestimate the magic of pasta. Good food has a way of bringing people
National Poetry Month | The Best of Poetry in Motion
I spotted it on an A-line subway car, riding from the Met up to the Cloisters: a poster with poetry on it. Right there in the dingy New York City subway, “Here,” by the poet Gary Snyder,