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My Name is Lucy Barton By Elizabeth Strout Call Number:  PS 3569 .T736 M9 2016 Review from the New York Times Publisher's Description:  A new book by Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout is cause for celebration. Her bestselling novels, including Olive Kitteridge and The Burgess Boys,  have illuminated our most tender relationships. Now, in My Name Is Lucy Barton, this extraordinary writer shows how a simple hospital visit becomes a portal to the most tender relationship of all—the one between mother and daughter. Lucy Barton is recovering slowly from what should have been a simple operation. Her mother, to whom she hasn’t spoken for many years, comes to see her. Gentle gossip about people from Lucy’s childhood in Amgash, Illinois, seems to reconnect them, but just below the surface lie the tension and longing that have informed every aspect of Lucy’s life: her escape from her troubled family, her desire to become a writer, her marriage, her love f...

The Healing Power of Hip Hop By Raphael Travis, Jr. Call Number:  ML 3918 .R37 T73 2016 Publisher's description :  Using the latest research, real-world examples, and a new theory of healthy development, this book explains Hip Hop culture's ongoing role in helping Black youths to live long, healthy, and productive lives. • Connects the latest research conclusions about Hip Hop's influences with actual examples of its practice and applied value in action • Identifies education, health and mental health, and afterschool settings as key to promoting health and well-being • Disentangles arguments about whether Hip Hop culture is more of a tool for empowerment or a tool for risk promotion • Explains Hip Hop's ongoing contributions to health and learning, with attention to the Black community • Provides a common language and structure for helping professionals, researchers, and policymakers to organize work related to Hip Hop and well-being • Introduces...

It's that time of the semester! Need help with citations? A statistic? Help with a paper or final exam?  The Library and Tutoring Learning Center staff will be here on  Monday, May 16th  from 6:00 pm - midnight to help you! We will also have free coffee, cookies, fruit, surprises from the Office of Sustainability, and Andy's infamous announcements.  Rocket the therapy dog will also be here!  Monday, May 16 - Library Lobby & IMC (3rd flr) 6 - MIDNIGHT FREE COFFEE, COOKIES, FRUIT and more! Good luck with studying from all of us at the Library and TLC!

Children’s Book Week is May 2-8. This will be the 97th annual celebration commemorating books for young people and the joy of reading. Please check out our Children's Book Display in the Library Lobby area.  The University Library also has a rich collection of children's literature in the IMC area on the 3rd floor. We encourage you to browse the collection.  This year, in conjunction to Children's Book Week, the Library has a craft activity for all! Please join us and make really cool book cover bags. We often do not keep the book covers on our materials due to wear and tear, but we think about ways in which some of these beautiful works of art can be preserved. So, learn how to make some cool bags! The Library will provide the materials and the event is free. No need to register, just show up and bring your inner craft person to the party!  Tuesday, May 10 - 11:00 am - Noon (LRC 103A Idea Studio) Thursday, May 12 - 11:00 am - Noon (LRC 103A Idea...