At the Emory Libraries, we have been working hard behind the scenes to make sure you have access to the academic books you need for your research, teaching, and learning. Now that the winter holiday break is near, we want to ensure you have some leisure material to enjoy. To relax, we are reading, listening…
Posts Tagged: holiday reading
Holiday Reading: OverDrive and 2020 books
Even if you are stuck at home over the holidays, you can still travel or explore new worlds through a good book. Below are some great options and recommendations from Emory Libraries to keep your reading list full throughout the holidays. From Emory’s OverDrive collection, you can borrow popular fiction and nonfiction ebooks and audiobooks to…
Holiday Reading: OverDrive and 2019 books
If you are traveling or just relaxing at home, you might be looking for new reads during the holiday break. Below are some great options and recommendations from Emory Libraries to keep your reading list full throughout the holidays. From Emory’s OverDrive collection, you can borrow popular fiction and nonfiction ebooks and audiobooks to read…
Holiday Reads: OverDrive and 2018 books
If you are traveling or just relaxing at home, you might be looking for new reads during the holiday break. Below are some great options and recommendations from Emory Libraries to keep your reading list full throughout the holidays. From Emory’s OverDrive collection, you can borrow popular fiction and nonfiction ebooks and audiobooks to read…
Holiday Reading: 2018 books to film adaptations in print, ebooks, and audio book formats
As the holiday season begins, hopefully, you will find yourself with some downtime to turn to leisure reading. With that in mind, here are some 2018 books to film adaptations; read them so you can compare when the film comes out. VanderMeer, Jeff. Annihilation. First ed. VanderMeer, Jeff. Southern Reach Trilogy ; Bk. 1. New York: Farrar, Straus and…
2016 in Review: Could most circulated American Literature titles make good holiday reading material?
Last year we suggested for your winter break some new books Emory’s librarians wanted to read, but this year we thought it would be fun to share what the university has been reading this year. Below is a list of Emory’s most heavily circulated American literature titles in 2016. Yekl and the Imported Bridegroom and…
Rose Library Blog
- The Letters in Japan: Michael Longley’s Archive September 19, 2022Michael Glenfield received a Short-Term Fellowship to visit Michael Longley’s Archive in the Stuart A. Rose Library. The visit was also supported by the University of Bristol in England, where Michael has recently finished his PhD. In order to complete the trip Michael was afforded study leave from his lectureship at Bishop Grosseteste University. His...Erin Glogowski
- “Smash the Klan”: Fighting the White Power Movement in the Late Twentieth Century September 1, 2022Benjamin Holzman is an Assistant Professor of History at Lehman College. His first first book, The Long Crisis: New York City and the Path to Neoliberalism, is out from Oxford University Press., and his research has also appeared in Modern American History, the Journal of Social History, the Journal of Urban History, and several edited collections. ...Erin Glogowski
- Performing Diasporic Time: Enactments of African American History August 24, 2022Julie Burrell is an Associate Professor of English, Black Studies, and Women’s and Gender Studies at Cleveland State University, where she teaches courses in African American literature and drama. Her monograph, The Civil Rights Theatre Movement in New York, 1939-1966: Staging Freedom (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019), examines the intersections of political theatre and the black freedom...Erin Glogowski
- Spirit Writing, Body Problems: Lucille Clifton’s Faith July 13, 2022Marina Magloire is an Assistant Professor of English at University of Miami. She was awarded a Rose fellowship in support of her research on the spirit writing of Lucille Clifton. She conducted her research in spring 2022. Lucille Clifton is best known as a poet of Black embodiment, as evidenced by her oft-quoted birthday poems...Erin Glogowski
- Wars not Fought: Neutrality and European Navies in American Waters during the US Civil War June 29, 2022Mark Markov is a PhD candidate from Durham University in the United Kingdom. He was awarded a Rose fellowship in support of his research on Wars not Fought: Neutrality and European Navies in American Waters during the US Civil War. He conducted his research the spring of 2022. David Anderson, a Confederate prisoner of war...Erin Glogowski