This week is National Library Week, a week where we celebrate libraries, the professionals who work in libraries, and the valuable role of libraries in society. This week, and always, is a good time to read a book or two, especially if you got it from a library. You can also encourage others to get a library card. For our campus community, in addition to having access to Hutchins Library and its resources, you can also get a library card with Madison County Public Library. Just make your way down to the Berea branch, show your Berea ID, and you can get a public library card.

To help celebrate this week, I have put together a small list of books that feature in some way libraries and librarians. These books are available in our collections. If you need assistance, you can always stop by the Reference Desk. Books are listed in no particular order.

The Library Book by Susan Orlean

Call Number: Stacks 027.479 O714L 2018

ISBN: 9781476740188

Publication Date: 2018-10-16

On the morning of April 29, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. As the moments passed, the patrons and staff who had been cleared out of the building realized this was not the usual fire alarm. As one fireman recounted, "Once that first stack got going, it was 'Goodbye, Charlie.'" The fire was disastrous: it reached 2000 degrees and burned for more than seven hours. By the time it was extinguished, it had consumed four hundred thousand books and damaged seven hundred thousand more. Investigators descended on the scene, but more than thirty years later, the mystery remains: Did someone purposefully set fire to the library--and if so, who? Weaving her lifelong love of books and reading into an investigation of the fire, award-winning New Yorker reporter and New York Times bestselling author Susan Orlean delivers a mesmerizing and uniquely compelling book that manages to tell the broader story of libraries and librarians in a way that has never been done before. In The Library Book, Orlean chronicles the LAPL fire and its aftermath to showcase the larger, crucial role that libraries play in our lives; delves into the evolution of libraries across the country and around the world, from their humble beginnings as a metropolitan charitable initiative to their current status as a cornerstone of national identity; brings each department of the library to vivid life through on-the-ground reporting; studies arson and attempts to burn a copy of a book herself; reflects on her own experiences in libraries; and reexamines the case of Harry Peak, the blond-haired actor long suspected of setting fire to the LAPL more than thirty years ago. Along the way, Orlean introduces us to an unforgettable cast of characters from libraries past and present--from Mary Foy, who in 1880 at eighteen years old was named the head of the Los Angeles Public Library at a time when men still dominated the role, to Dr. C.J.K. Jones, a pastor, citrus farmer, and polymath known as "The Human Encyclopedia" who roamed the library dispensing information; from Charles Lummis, a wildly eccentric journalist and adventurer who was determined to make the L.A. library one of the best in the world, to the current staff, who do heroic work every day to ensure that their institution remains a vital part of the city it serves. Brimming with her signature wit, insight, compassion, and talent for deep research, The Library Book is Susan Orlean's thrilling journey through the stacks that reveals how these beloved institutions provide much more than just books--and why they remain an essential part of the heart, mind, and soul of our country. It is also a master journalist's reminder that, perhaps especially in the digital era, they are more necessary than ever.

 

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon; Lucia Graves (Translator)

Call Number: Stacks 863.64 Z17sxg

ISBN: 9781594200106

Publication Date: 2004-04-12

"I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time..." Barcelona, 1945: A city slowly heals in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, and Daniel, an antiquarian book dealer's son who mourns the loss of his mother, finds solace in a mysterious book entitled The Shadow of the Wind, by one Julián Carax. But when he sets out to find the author's other works, he makes a shocking discovery: someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book Carax has written. In fact, Daniel may have the last of Carax's books in existence. Soon Daniel's seemingly innocent quest opens a door into one of Barcelona's darkest secrets--an epic story of murder, madness, and doomed love.

 

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco; William Weaver (Translator); Richard Dixon (Translator)

Call Number: Stacks 853 E19nxw

ISBN: 9780151446476

Publication Date: 1983-06-09

 Italy, 1347. While Brother William of Baskerville is investigating accusations of heresy at a wealthy abbey, his inquiries are disrupted by a series of bizarre deaths. Turning his practiced detective skills to finding the killer, he relies on logic (Aristotle), theology (Thomas Aquinas), empirical insights (Roger Bacon), and his own wry humor and ferocious curiosity. With the aid of his young apprentice, William scours the abbey, from its stables to the labyrinthine library, piecing together evidence, and deciphering cryptic symbols and coded manuscripts to uncover the truth about this place where "the most interesting things happen at night." First published in 1980, The Name of the Rose became an international sensation, beguiling readers around the world with its mix of history, humor, and intellectual heft.

 

Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges (Preface by); Andrew Hurley (Translator)

Call Number: Stacks 863 B732cf

ISBN: 9780670849703

Publication Date: 1998-09-01

Jorge Luis Borges has been called the greatest Spanish-language writer of our century. Now for the first time in English, all of Borges' dazzling fictions are gathered into a single volume, brilliantly translated by Andrew Hurley. From his 1935 debut with "The Universal History of Iniquity," through his immensely influential collections Ficciones and The Aleph, these enigmatic, elaborate, imaginative inventions display Borges' talent for turning fiction on its head by playing with form and genre and toying with language. Together these incomparable works comprise the perfect one-volume compendium all those who have long loved Borges, and a superb introduction to the master's work for those who have yet to discover this singular genius. Come for "The Library of Babel" and stay for the rest of his stories.

 

BiblioTech by John Palfrey

Call Number: Stacks 020.285 P159b 2015

ISBN: 9780465042999

Publication Date: 2015-05-05

Libraries today are more important than ever. More than just book repositories, libraries can become bulwarks against some of the most crucial challenges of our age: unequal access to education, jobs, and information. In BiblioTech, educator and technology expert John Palfrey argues that anyone seeking to participate in the 21st century needs to understand how to find and use the vast stores of information available online. And libraries, which play a crucial role in making these skills and information available, are at risk. In order to survive our rapidly modernizing world and dwindling government funding, libraries must make the transition to a digital future as soon as possible -- by digitizing print material and ensuring that born-digital material is publicly available online. Not all of these changes will be easy for libraries to implement. But as Palfrey boldly argues, these modifications are vital if we hope to save libraries and, through them, the American democratic ideal.

 

Library by Matthew Battles

Call Number: Stacks 027.009 B336L 2015

ISBN: 9780393351453

Publication Date: 2015-07-27

Through the ages, libraries have not only accumulated and preserved but also shaped, inspired, and obliterated knowledge. Now they are in crisis. Former rare books librarian and Harvard metaLAB visionary Matthew Battles takes us from Boston to Baghdad, from classical scriptoria to medieval monasteries and on to the Information Age, to explore how libraries are built and how they are destroyed: from the scroll burnings in ancient China to the burning of libraries in Europe and Bosnia to the latest revolutionary upheavals of the digital age. A new afterword elucidates how knowledge is preserved amid the creative destruction of twenty-first-century technology.

 

Where Are All the Librarians of Color? by Rebecca Hankins (Editor); Miguel Juarez (Editor)

Call Number: Stacks 027.709 W567 2015

ISBN: 9781936117833

Publication Date: 2016-01-20

This book offers a comprehensive look at the experiences of people of color after the recruitment is over, the diversity box is checked, and the statistics are reported. What are the retention, job satisfaction, and tenure experiences of librarians of color? The authors look at the history of librarians of color in academia, review of the literature, obstacles, roles, leadership, and the tenure process for those that endure. What are the recruitment and retention methods employed to create a diverse workforce, successes and failures? Finally what are some mentoring strategies that work to make the library environment less exploitative and toxic for librarians of color?

 

The Library at Night by Alberto Manguel

Call Number: Stacks 027 M277L 2006

ISBN: 9780300139143

Publication Date: 2008-04-29

Inspired by the process of creating a library for his fifteenth-century home near the Loire, in France, Alberto Manguel, the acclaimed writer on books and reading, has taken up the subject of libraries. “Libraries,” he says, “have always seemed to me pleasantly mad places, and for as long as I can remember I’ve been seduced by their labyrinthine logic.” In this personal, deliberately unsystematic, and wide-ranging book, he offers a captivating meditation on the meaning of libraries.   Manguel, a guide of irrepressible enthusiasm, conducts a unique library tour that extends from his childhood bookshelves to the “complete” libraries of the Internet, from Ancient Egypt and Greece to the Arab world, from China and Rome to Google. He ponders the doomed library of Alexandria as well as the personal libraries of Charles Dickens, Jorge Luis Borges, and others. He recounts stories of people who have struggled against tyranny to preserve freedom of thought—the Polish librarian who smuggled books to safety as the Nazis began their destruction of Jewish libraries; the Afghani bookseller who kept his store open through decades of unrest. Oral “memory libraries” kept alive by prisoners, libraries of banned books, the imaginary library of Count Dracula, the library of books never written—Manguel illuminates the mysteries of libraries as no other writer could. With scores of wonderful images throughout, The Library at Night is a fascinating voyage through Manguel’s mind, memory, and vast knowledge of books and civilizations.

 

You Could Look It Up by Jack Lynch

Call Number: Stacks 028.709 L987y 2016

ISBN: 9780802777522

Publication Date: 2016-04-21

"Knowledge is of two kinds," said Samuel Johnson in 1775. "We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it." Today we think of Wikipedia as the source of all information, the ultimate reference. Yet it is just the latest in a long line of aggregated knowledge--reference works that have shaped the way we've seen the world for centuries. You Could Look It Up chronicles the captivating stories behind these great works and their contents, and the way they have influenced each other. From The Code of Hammurabi, the earliest known compendium of laws in ancient Babylon almost two millennia before Christ to Pliny's Natural History; from the 11th-century Domesday Book recording land holdings in England to Abraham Ortelius's first atlas of the world; from Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language to The Whole Earth Catalog to Google, Jack Lynch illuminates the human stories and accomplishment behind each, as well as its enduring impact on civilization. In the process, he offers new insight into the value of knowledge.

 

Down Cut Shin Creek: the pack horse librarians of Kentucky by Kathi Appelt; Jeanne Cannella Schmitzer

Call Number: Stacks 027.076 A646d

ISBN: 9780060291358

Publication Date: 2001-04-24

It's 4:30 in the morning, and the "book woman" and her horse are already on their way. Hers is an important job, for the folks along her treacherous route are eager for the tattered books and magazines she carries in her saddlebags. During the Great Depression, thousands lived on the brink of starvation. Many perished. In 1935 President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Works Progress Administration under his 1933 New Deal initiative. The WPA was designed to get people back on their feet. One of its most innovative programs was the Pack Horse Library Project of Eastern Kentucky. Thoroughly researched and illustrated with period photographs, this is the story of one of the WPA's greatest successes. People all over the country supported the project's goals. But it was the librarians themselves -- young, determined, and earning just $28 a month -- who brought the hope of a wider world to people in the crooks and hollows of Kentucky's Cumberland Mountains.

 

The Library by Andrew Pettegree; Arthur der Weduwen

Call Number: Stacks 027.009 P499L 2021

ISBN: 9781541600775

Publication Date: 2021-11-09

Perfect for book lovers, this is a fascinating exploration of the history of libraries and the people who built them, from the ancient world to the digital age.   Famed across the known world, jealously guarded by private collectors, built up over centuries, destroyed in a single day, ornamented with gold leaf and frescoes, or filled with bean bags and children's drawings--the history of the library is rich, varied, and stuffed full of incident. In The Library, historians Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen introduce us to the antiquarians and philanthropists who shaped the world's great collections, trace the rise and fall of literary tastes, and reveal the high crimes and misdemeanors committed in pursuit of rare manuscripts. In doing so, they reveal that while collections themselves are fragile, often falling into ruin within a few decades, the idea of the library has been remarkably resilient as each generation makes--and remakes--the institution anew.    Beautifully written and deeply researched, The Library is essential reading for booklovers, collectors, and anyone who has ever gotten blissfully lost in the stacks. 

 

Reading Rooms by Susan A. Toth

Call Number: Stacks 820.803 R287

ISBN: 9780385412919

Publication Date: 1991-03-01

America's foremost writers celebrate our public libraries with stories, memoirs, essays, and poems.

 

 

 

 

Once again, the HOP (Hispanic Outreach Project), out of CELTS (Center for Excellence in Learning Through Service), brings us the beautiful and traditional display for Dia de los Muertos. The display can be viewed during regular library hours, and it will be open through the first week of November 2024. It is free and open to the public.

HOP provided the following statement and description of this tradition:

Dia de los Muertos

October 31st-November 2

Dia de los Muertos brings families together to remember, honor, and celebrate deceased loved ones. This day is celebrated in many Latin American countries. Dia de los Muertos is NOT the equivalent of Halloween.

Families build altars to honor their ancestors. These altars are filled with pan de muerto (bread for th dead), favorite foods of the loved ones, beverages (including alcohol), sugar skulls, incense (aromatic tree resin that is burned to produce incense), toys, and candles.

The flower associated with Dia de los Muertos is the marigold (Cempasuchil). Paths are made with marigold petals to guide the souls to the altar.

October 31st: The souls of children (angelitos).

November 1: The souls of adults.

November 2: The souls depart.

If you need reference and research assistance, you have some options:

• You can visit the Reference Desk during the library's regular hours.
• You can contact us via phone at 859-985-3109.
• Via email at reference@berea.edu
• You can use our online virtual chat. The widget is available on the library website.

If you need in-depth reference and research assistance, you can schedule an appointment with one of the professional librarians. You can use the "Schedule an Appointment" link on the library website.

To schedule the appointment, use the form under "Schedule an Appointment."

• On the form, you can choose a specific librarian, or you can just schedule with any librarian based on availability.
• The request form will ask for your name, your e-mail address, and for you to describe your question and/or assignment. The more information about your question and/or research need you provide, the better the librarian will be able to prepare for the appointment.
• Once you confirm the appointment,  you get a confirmation e-mail, and the librarian gets a prompt for their calendar.
• Usually you can do appointments virtually via MS Teams or in person. Do check this availability as not all librarians offer both options.
• An appointment typically lasts about 30 minutes, but can go up to an hour depending on student need and topic complexity. 
• You can schedule multiple appointments if needed. In fact, for upper level classes, multiple meetings with a reference librarian are common.

When preparing for an appointment, the librarian will put together various materials to help the student. These can include reference books, other books, and articles popular and academic. We strive to teach students how to do research and empower them to answer their question. We also work to provide them with materials to get them started, so they can walk out of the appointment with some materials in hand. Librarians are also able to help with things like finding statistics, using government documents, and accessing other materials. We can also help you narrow down a topic and come up with research strategies to help you with the research process.

The one thing the librarians cannot do is read your paper, proofread it, or anything related to the writing process. If you need help with your writing we will suggest that you visit Writing Resources (link to their website, which includes their calendar) and schedule an appointment with them.

By the way, faculty and staff can also schedule research consults if they need help finding and accessing the resources the library offers.

September 15 to October 15 is National Heritage Hispanic Month in the United States. The month is a celebration of the efforts, achievements, and contributions of Hispanic Americans. The time period is significant as it coincides with the independence day celebrations of many Latin American countries.

To help celebrate, here is a selection of books by Hispanic American writers available at Hutchins Library. Links go to the library catalog record. If you wish to find more materials please feel free to visit the library reference desk or use the chat widget on the library website (available during library regular hours).

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez

Call Number: Young Adult S211i 2017

ISBN: 9781524700485

Publication Date: 2017-10-17

A "stunning" (America Ferrera) YA novel about a teenager coming to terms with losing her sister and finding herself amid the pressures, expectations, and stereotypes of growing up in a Mexican American home.  Perfect Mexican daughters do not go away to college. And they do not move out of their parents' house after high school graduation. Perfect Mexican daughters never abandon their family.   But Julia is not your perfect Mexican daughter. That was Olga's role.   Then a tragic accident on the busiest street in Chicago leaves Olga dead and Julia left behind to reassemble the shattered pieces of her family. And no one seems to acknowledge that Julia is broken, too. Instead, her mother seems to channel her grief into pointing out every possible way Julia has failed.   But it's not long before Julia discovers that Olga might not have been as perfect as everyone thought. With the help of her best friend Lorena, and her first love, first everything boyfriend Connor, Julia is determined to find out. Was Olga really what she seemed? Or was there more to her sister's story? And either way, how can Julia even attempt to live up to a seemingly impossible ideal?

 

 

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Call Number: Young Adult M843go 2020

ISBN: 9780525620778

Publication Date: 2020-02-18

The Mayan god of death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this dark, one-of-a-kind fairy tale inspired by Mexican folklore.  The Jazz Age is in full swing, but Casiopea Tun is too busy cleaning the floors of her wealthy grandfather's house to listen to any fast tunes. Nevertheless, she dreams of a life far from her dusty small town in southern Mexico. A life she can call her own.  Yet this new life seems as distant as the stars, until the day she finds a curious wooden box in her grandfather's room. She opens it--and accidentally frees the spirit of the Mayan god of death, who requests her help in recovering his throne from his treacherous brother. Failure will mean Casiopea's demise, but success could make her dreams come true. In the company of the strangely alluring god and armed with her wits, Casiopea begins an adventure that will take her on a cross-country odyssey from the jungles of Yucatán to the bright lights of Mexico City--and deep into the darkness of the Mayan underworld.

 

 

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Call Number: Young Adult M843me 2021

ISBN: 9780525620808

Publication Date: 2021-06-15

 An isolated mansion. A chillingly charismatic aristocrat. And a brave socialite drawn to expose their treacherous secrets. . . . From the author of Gods of Jade and Shadow comes "a terrifying twist on classic gothic horror" (Kirkus Reviews) set in glamorous 1950s Mexico. After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemí Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. She's not sure what she will find--her cousin's husband, a handsome Englishman, is a stranger, and Noemí knows little about the region.      Noemí is also an unlikely rescuer: She's a glamorous debutante, and her chic gowns and perfect red lipstick are more suited for cocktail parties than amateur sleuthing. But she's also tough and smart, with an indomitable will, and she is not afraid: Not of her cousin's new husband, who is both menacing and alluring; not of his father, the ancient patriarch who seems to be fascinated by Noemí; and not even of the house itself, which begins to invade Noemi's dreams with visions of blood and doom.   Her only ally in this inhospitable abode is the family's youngest son. Shy and gentle, he seems to want to help Noemí, but might also be hiding dark knowledge of his family's past. For there are many secrets behind the walls of High Place. The family's once colossal wealth and faded mining empire kept them from prying eyes, but as Noemí digs deeper she unearths stories of violence and madness.    And Noemí, mesmerized by the terrifying yet seductive world of High Place, may soon find it impossible to ever leave this enigmatic house behind.

 

 

Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan

Call Number: Fiction R995e

ISBN: 9780439120418

Publication Date: 2000-10-01

Esperanza thought she'd always live a privileged life on her family's ranch in Mexico. She'd always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home filled with servants, and Mama, Papa, and Abuelita to care for her. But a sudden tragedy forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to California and settle in a Mexican farm labor camp. Esperanza isn't ready for the hard work, financial struggles brought on by the Great Depression, or lack of acceptance she now faces. When Mama gets sick and a strike for better working conditions threatens to uproot their new life, Esperanza must find a way to rise above her difficult circumstances--because Mama's life, and her own, depend on it.

 

 

 

Vampires of el Norte by Isabel Cañas

Call Number: Young Adult C213va 2023

ISBN: 9780593436721

Publication Date: 2023-08-15

 Vampires, vaqueros, and star-crossed lovers face off on the Texas-Mexico border in this supernatural western from the author of The Hacienda. As the daughter of a rancher in 1840s Mexico, Nena knows a thing or two about monsters--her home has long been threatened by tensions with Anglo settlers from the north. But something more sinister lurks near the ranch at night, something that drains men of their blood and leaves them for dead. Something that once attacked Nena nine years ago. Believing Nena dead, Néstor has been on the run from his grief ever since, moving from ranch to ranch working as a vaquero. But no amount of drink can dispel the night terrors of sharp teeth; no woman can erase his childhood sweetheart from his mind. When the United States invades Mexico in 1846, the two are brought abruptly together on the road to war: Nena as a curandera, a healer striving to prove her worth to her father so that he does not marry her off to a stranger, and Néstor as a member of the auxiliary cavalry of ranchers and vaqueros. But the shock of their reunion--and Nena's rage at Néstor for seemingly abandoning her long ago--is quickly overshadowed by the appearance of a nightmare made flesh. And unless Nena and Néstor work through their past and face the future together, neither will survive to see the dawn.

 

 

Harvest of Empire by Juan Gonzalez

Call Number: Stacks 973.046 G6427h 2011

ISBN: 9780143119289

Publication Date: 2011-05-31

A sweeping history of the Latino experience in the United States- thoroughly revised and updated. The first new edition in ten years of this important study of Latinos in U.S. history, Harvest of Empire spans five centuries-from the first New World colonies to the first decade of the new millennium. Latinos are now the largest minority group in the United States, and their impact on American popular culture-from food to entertainment to literature-is greater than ever. Featuring family portraits of real- life immigrant Latino pioneers, as well as accounts of the events and conditions that compelled them to leave their homelands, Harvest of Empire is required reading for anyone wishing to understand the history and legacy of this increasingly influential group.

 

 

 

An African American and Latinx History of the United States by Paul Ortiz

Call Number: Stacks 305.8009 O778a 2018

ISBN: 9780807013106

Publication Date: 2018-01-30

An intersectional history of the shared struggle for African American and Latinx civil rights Spanning more than two hundred years, An African American and Latinx History of the United States is a revolutionary, politically charged narrative history, arguing that the "Global South" was crucial to the development of America as we know it. Scholar and activist Paul Ortiz challenges the notion of westward progress as exalted by widely taught formulations like "manifest destiny" and "Jacksonian democracy," and shows how placing African American, Latinx, and Indigenous voices unapologetically front and center transforms US history into one of the working class organizing against imperialism. Drawing on rich narratives and primary source documents, Ortiz links racial segregation in the Southwest and the rise and violent fall of a powerful tradition of Mexican labor organizing in the twentieth century, to May 1, 2006, known as International Workers' Day, when migrant laborers-Chicana/os, Afrocubanos, and immigrants from every continent on earth-united in resistance on the first "Day Without Immigrants." As African American civil rights activists fought Jim Crow laws and Mexican labor organizers warred against the suffocating grip of capitalism, Black and Spanish-language newspapers, abolitionists, and Latin American revolutionaries coalesced around movements built between people from the United States and people from Central America and the Caribbean. In stark contrast to the resurgence of "America First" rhetoric, Black and Latinx intellectuals and organizers today have historically urged the United States to build bridges of solidarity with the nations of the Americas. Incisive and timely, this bottom-up history, told from the interconnected vantage points of Latinx and African Americans, reveals the radically different ways that people of the diaspora have addressed issues still plaguing the United States today, and it offers a way forward in the continued struggle for universal civil rights. 2018 Winner of the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award.

 

 

 

Our Migrant Souls by Héctor Tobar; Héctor Tobar

Call Number: Stacks 305.868 T628o 2023

ISBN: 9780374609900

Publication Date: 2023-05-09

 In Our Migrant Souls, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Héctor Tobar delivers a definitive and personal exploration of what it means to be Latino in the United States right now. "Latino" is the most open-ended and loosely defined of the major race categories in the United States, and also one of the most rapidly growing. Composed as a direct address to the young people who identify or have been classified as "Latino," Our Migrant Souls is the first account of the historical and social forces that define Latino identity. Taking on the impacts of colonialism, public policy, immigration, media, and pop culture, Our Migrant Souls decodes the meaning of "Latino" as a racial and ethnic identity in the modern United States, and gives voice to the anger and the hopes of young Latino people who have seen Latinidad transformed into hateful tropes and who have faced insult and division--a story as old as this country itself. Tobar translates his experience as not only a journalist and novelist but also a mentor, a leader, and an educator. He interweaves his own story, and that of his parents' migration to the United States from Guatemala, into his account of his journey across the country to uncover something expansive, inspiring, true, and alive about the meaning of "Latino" in the twenty-first century.

 

 

If you want to learn more about National Hispanic Heritage Month and Latinos in the United States, here are a few online resources:

 

• President Biden's 2024 Proclamation of National Hispanic Heritage Month.
• National Hispanic Heritage Month federal portal, a "collaborative project of the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and U.S. National Archives and Records Administration."
• The Facts for Features article for National Hispanic Heritage Month from the U.S. Census Bureau.
• Via the Library of Congress blog, some ideas on "celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with Primary Sources." This is a good resource for school teachers.
• You can also check out the Latin X research guide from the Library Of Congress.
• The National Archives also has a collection of resources and photos for Hispanic Heritage Month.

 

 

Amanda Peach, Associate Library Director, is pleased to announce the following.

Monday, September 16: Tonight's Cup Library Open House at 7pm is just the beginning of two awesome weeks of events at Hutchins Library!

We hope you will join us for one (or more) of these events.

Upcoming Events in September at Hutchins Library:

Monday, 9-16-24, 7-8 pm: Cup Library Open House: Check out a handcrafted mug to use for the semester while enjoying a warm drink and sweet treat

Tuesdays, weekly, 5:30 - 7:30 pm: Dungeons and Dragons: all experience levels welcome in room 103

Saturdays, weekly, 4-6 pm: Fighting Video Games Club in room 103

Tuesday, 9-24-24,11:45 am-12:45 pm: Reading Local: Lunch & Learn The Occupational Folklife of Rural Public Librarians In Kentucky: A Presentation on Summer URCPP Fieldwork by Sree P.S. with Emily Hilliard

Wednesday, 9-25-24, 7 pm - 9 pm: Banned Books Reading: Celebrate your freedom to read! Listen to guest readers or read yourself while enjoying snacks, swag, and giveaways like tote bags & free books
 

Looking ahead to October:

• Thurs. Oct. 3, 7 pm: YA Lit Book Club
• Wed. Oct. 9, 7-9 pm: Ghost Stories
• Thurs. Oct. 10, 7pm: Scrapbooking Night

Welcome to another edition of From Our Shelves, where I give you a short review of a book from our collections that I have read and hope you may consider reading as well. This week we are featuring Every Book Its Reader by Nicholas Basbanes. The book is arranged in 12 chapters, and the idea for the book comes from a 1963 exhibition at the British Museum celebrating five centuries of the written word. If you are a bibliophile, you will probably enjoy the book very much. More casual readers will find a pretty broad history of books that somehow had an impact on society and/or spurred some change. This book will give you a look at the power of books and reading. Basbanes considers the following premise about studying reading and readers as a field of study:

"A basic premise each follows is the idea that it is readers, not just authors, who give meaning to texts, and that there is value in knowing how individuals through history respond to them" (117). 

If you want to learn more and/or check the book out, you can find the library catalog details below. If you want find other books like this one or for other topics, you can always visit the library's reference desk.

Every Book Its Reader by Nicholas A. Basbanes

Call Number: Stacks 028.9 B297e 2005

ISBN: 9780060593230

Publication Date: 2005-11-29

Inspired by a landmark exhibition mounted by the British Museum in 1963 to celebrate five eventful centuries of the printed word, Nicholas A. Basbanes offers a lively consideration of writings that have "made things happen" in the world, works that have both nudged the course of history and fired the imagination of countless influential people. In his fifth work to examine a specific aspect of book culture, Basbanes also asks what we can know about such figures as John Milton, Edward Gibbon, John Locke, Isaac Newton, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Adams, Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, Henry James, Thomas Edison, Helen Keller -- even the notorious Marquis de Sade and Adolf Hitler -- by knowing what they have read. He shows how books that many of these people have consulted, in some cases annotated with their marginal notes, can offer tantalizing clues to the evolution of their character and the development of their thought. Taking the concept one step further, Basbanes profiles some of the most articulate readers of our time -- David McCullough, Harold Bloom, Robert Fagles, Robert Coles, Helen Vendler, Elaine Pagels, Daniel Aaron, Christopher Ricks, Matthew Bruccoli, and Perri Klass among them -- who discuss such relevant concepts as literary canons, classic works in translation, the timelessness of poetry, the formation of sacred texts, and the power of literature to train physicians, nurture children, and rehabilitate criminal offenders. "Basbanes has a deep and abiding passion for books -- a joyful addiction," Dan Smith wrote in the Toronto Star of Patience & Fortitude, characterizing his body of work as "part travelogue, part scholarship, and all story." The tradition continues with Every Book Its Reader.

In 1970, U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson proposed the idea of a nationwide environmental teach-in, and he recruited Denis Hayes to be the national coordinator. That first event became known as Earth Day, and the event has been observed ever since on April 22. Today communities in the United States and around the world engage in actions to focused on nature and environmental issues. Today the observance is coordinated by EarthDay.org.

Here is a selected list of resources that may be of interest.

Some books from Hutchins Library. You can find these and other books searching the library catalog.

The Official Earth Day Guide to Planet Repair by Denis Hayes

Call Number: Stacks 363.7 H417o 2000

ISBN: 9781559638098

Publication Date: 2000-02-02

Everyone talks about the weather but no one ever does anything about it. Sadly, that old joke is no longer true. A large body of increasingly compelling scientific evidence is telling us that many things we do -- from the kinds of cars we drive to how we heat our homes -- are directly affecting our global climate in unprecedented and alarming ways. But what can any one person do about this vast, global problem? Help fix it! And it doesn't have to be a do-it-yourself project; we citizens and stewards of the earth can unite in greater numbers and power than ever before.In The Official Earth Day Guide to Planet Repair, Earth Day leader and renewable energy expert Denis Hayes tells us how changes in individual, local, and national energy choices can slow or even stop the dangerous build-up of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere, while at the same time saving us money, helping the economy, creating new jobs, and enhancing human health. A how-to home improvement guide for the planet, the book: describes the problem of global warming today as well as its likely effects in the future considers the sources of energy available to us, and explains why one of them is the Earth's best hope offers dozens of ways to painlessly reduce your own energy use provides action steps to affect the world's energy use and help change policy tells where to go for further help and more information The first Earth Day in 1970 helped launch the modern environmental movement. Rather than waiting for elected officials to take action to address environmental abuses, environmental maverick Denis Hayes and his compatriots took the lead in bringing the subject to the forefront of American consciousness. Through three decades, the idea of Earth Day has flourished, and now more than ever, individuals need to take matters into their own hands and create change from the ground up and from the whole earth down. As citizens and consumers, we hold a vast capacity for improving our environment and leaving a bright legacy for our children. For seasoned green veterans and environmental newcomers alike, The Official Earth Day Guide to Planet Repair is the must-have book for the next century.

 

American Earth: Environmental Writing since Thoreau by Bill McKibben (Editor)

Call Number: Stacks 820.936 A5115 2008

ISBN: 9781598530209

Publication Date: 2008-04-17

As America and the world grapple with the consequences of global environmental change, writer and activist Bill McKibben offers this unprecedented, provocative, and timely anthology, gathering the best and most significant American environmental writing from the last two centuries. Classics of the environmental imagination, the essays of Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and John Burroughs; Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac; Rachel Carson's Silent Spring - are set against the inspiring story of an emerging activist movement, as revealed by newly uncovered reports of pioneering campaigns for conservation, passages from landmark legal opinions and legislation, and searing protest speeches. Here are some of America's greatest and most impassioned writers, taking a turn toward nature and recognizing the fragility of our situation on earth and the urgency of the search for a sustainable way of life. Thought-provoking essays on overpopulation, consumerism, energy policy, and the nature of nature, join ecologists - memoirs and intimate sketches of the habitats of endangered species. The anthology includes a detailed chronology of the environmental movement and American environmental history, as well as an 80-page color portfolio of illustrations.

 

Silent Spring Revolution by Douglas Brinkley

Call Number: Stacks 333.72 B858s 2022

ISBN: 9780063212916

Publication Date: 2022-11-15

New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed presidential historian Douglas Brinkley chronicles the rise of environmental activism during the Long Sixties (1960-1973), telling the story of an indomitable generation that saved the natural world under the leadership of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon. With the detonation of the Trinity explosion in the New Mexico desert in 1945, the United States took control of Earth's destiny for the first time. After the Truman administration dropped atomic bombs on Japan to end World War II, a grim new epoch had arrived. During the early Cold War years, the federal government routinely detonated nuclear devices in the Nevada desert and the Marshall Islands. Not only was nuclear fallout a public health menace, but entire ecosystems were contaminated with radioactive materials. During the 1950s, an unprecedented postwar economic boom took hold, with America becoming the world's leading hyperindustrial and military giant. But with this historic prosperity came a heavy cost: oceans began to die, wilderness vanished, the insecticide DDT poisoned ecosystems, wildlife perished, and chronic smog blighted major cities. In Silent Spring Revolution, Douglas Brinkley pays tribute to those who combated the mauling of the natural world in the Long Sixties: Rachel Carson (a marine biologist and author), David Brower (director of the Sierra Club), Barry Commoner (an environmental justice advocate), Coretta Scott King (an antinuclear activist), Stewart Udall (the secretary of the interior), William O. Douglas (Supreme Court justice), Cesar Chavez (a labor organizer), and other crusaders are profiled with verve and insight. Carson's book Silent Spring, published in 1962, depicted how detrimental DDT was to living creatures. The exposé launched an ecological revolution that inspired such landmark legislation as the Wilderness Act (1964), the Clean Air Acts (1963 and 1970), and the Endangered Species Acts (1966, 1969, and 1973). In intimate detail, Brinkley extrapolates on such epic events as the Donora (Pennsylvania) smog incident, JFK's Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, Great Lakes preservation, the Santa Barbara oil spill, and the first Earth Day. With the United States grappling with climate change and resource exhaustion, Douglas Brinkley's meticulously researched and deftly written Silent Spring Revolution reminds us that a new generation of twenty-first-century environmentalists can save the planet from ruin. Silent Spring Revolution features two 8-page color photo inserts.

 

Natural Visions by Finis Dunaway

Call Number: Stacks 333.7209 D897n 2005

ISBN: 9780226173252

Publication Date: 2005-11-15

Walden Pond. The Grand Canyon.Yosemite National Park. Throughout the twentieth century, photographers and filmmakers created unforgettable images of these and other American natural treasures. Many of these images, including the work of Ansel Adams, continue to occupy a prominent place in the American imagination. Making these representations, though, was more than a purely aesthetic project. In fact, portraying majestic scenes and threatened places galvanized concern for the environment and its protection. Natural Visions documents through images the history of environmental reform from the Progressive era to the first Earth Day celebration in 1970, showing the crucial role the camera played in the development of the conservation movement. In Natural Visions, Finis Dunaway tells the story of how visual imagery--such as wilderness photographs, New Deal documentary films, and Sierra Club coffee-table books--shaped modern perceptions of the natural world. By examining the relationship between the camera and environmental politics through detailed studies of key artists and activists, Dunaway captures the emotional and spiritual meaning that became associated with the American landscape. Throughout the book, he reveals how photographers and filmmakers adapted longstanding traditions in American culture--the Puritan jeremiad, the romantic sublime, and the frontier myth--to literally picture nature as a place of grace for the individual and the nation. Beautifully illustrated with photographs by Ansel Adams, Eliot Porter, and a host of other artists, Natural Visions will appeal to a wide range of readers interested in American cultural history, the visual arts, and environmentalism.

 

The End of Eden by Thomas Rain Crowe; Robert Johnson (Artist)

Call Number: Stacks 333.7 C953e 2008

ISBN: 9781893239807

Publication Date: 2008-01-01

The essays of Thomas Rain Crowe combine with the stirring illustrations of Robert Johnson to produce a prophetic vision of the world in which we live -- a vision of what we have and what we stand to lose through our careless disregard for the Earth and its finite resources. Crowe shows us the means by which we may save ourselves and our planet.

 

 

For the Health of the Land by Scott Russell Sanders (Foreword by); Aldo Leopold; J. Baird Callicott (Editor); Eric T. Freyfogle (Editor)

Call Number: Stacks 333.951 L587f

ISBN: 9781559637633

Publication Date: 1999-09-01

A collection of previously unavailable essays by environmentalist Aldo Leopold, building on the tradition of ethical land use and developing the concept of land health and the practical measures landowners can take to sustain it. Containing over 40 short pieces arranged in a seasonal almanac form along with longer essays arranged chronologically, each piece is introduced and set in context by the editors.

 

Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Thomas L. Friedman

Call Number: Stacks 363.705 F911h 2008

ISBN: 9780374166854

Publication Date: 2008-09-08

In his brilliant, essential new book, Friedman takes a fresh and provocative look at two of the biggest challenges we face today: America's surprising loss of focus and national purpose since 9/11; and the global environmental crisis, which is affecting everything from food to fuel to forests. In this groundbreaking account of where we stand now, he shows us how the solutions to these two big problems are linked--how we can restore the world and revive America at the same time. Friedman explains how global warming, rapidly growing populations, and the astonishing expansion of the world's middle class through globalization have produced a planet that is "hot, flat, and crowded." Already the earth is being affected in ways that threaten to make it dangerously unstable. In just a few years, it will be too late to fix things--unless the United States steps up now and takes the lead in a worldwide effort to replace our wasteful, inefficient energy practices with a strategy for clean energy, energy efficiency, and conservation that Friedman calls Code Green. This is a great challenge, Friedman explains, but also a great opportunity, and one that America cannot afford to miss. Not only is American leadership the key to the healing of the earth; it is also our best strategy for the renewal of America. In vivid, entertaining chapters, Friedman makes it clear that the green revolution we need is like no revolution the world has seen. It will be the biggest innovation project in American history; it will be hard, not easy; and it will change everything from what you put into your car to what you see on your electric bill. But the payoff for America will be more than just cleaner air. It will inspire Americans to something we haven't seen in a long time--nation-building in America--by summoning the intelligence, creativity, boldness, and concern for the common good that are our nation's greatest natural resources. Hot, Flat, and Crowded is classic Thomas L. Friedman: fearless, incisive, forward-looking, and rich in surprising common sense about the challenge--and the promise--of the future.

 

 

Storming the Wall by Todd Miller

Call Number: Stacks 304.873 M651s 2017

ISBN: 9780872867154

Publication Date: 2017-09-12

As global warming accelerates, droughts last longer, floods rise higher, and super-storms become more frequent. With increasing numbers of people on the move as a result, the business of containing them--border fortification--is booming. In Storming the Wall, Todd Miller travels around the world to connect the dots between climate-ravaged communities, the corporations cashing in on border militarization, and emerging movements for environmental justice and sustainability. Reporting from the flashpoints of climate clashes, and from likely sites of futures battles, Miller chronicles a growing system of militarized divisions between the rich and the poor, the environmentally secure and the environmentally exposed. Stories of crisis, greed and violence are juxtaposed with powerful examples of solidarity and hope in this urgent and timely message from the frontlines of the post-Paris Agreement era.

 

The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells

Call Number: Stacks 304.28 W195u 2019

ISBN: 9780525576709

Publication Date: 2019-02-19

 It is worse, much worse, than you think. If your anxiety about global warming is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible--food shortages, refugee emergencies, climate wars and economic devastation. An "epoch-defining book" (The Guardian) and "this generation's Silent Spring" (The Washington Post), The Uninhabitable Earth is both a travelogue of the near future and a meditation on how that future will look to those living through it--the ways that warming promises to transform global politics, the meaning of technology and nature in the modern world, the sustainability of capitalism and the trajectory of human progress. The Uninhabitable Earth is also an impassioned call to action. For just as the world was brought to the brink of catastrophe within the span of a lifetime, the responsibility to avoid it now belongs to a single generation--today's.

 

 

Losing Earth by Nathaniel Rich

Call Number: Stacks 363.738 R499L 2019

ISBN: 9780374191337

Publication Date: 2019-04-09

By 1979, we knew nearly everything we understand today about climate change--including how to stop it. Over the next decade, a handful of scientists, politicians, and strategists, led by two unlikely heroes, risked their careers in a desperate, escalating campaign to convince the world to act before it was too late. Losing Earth is their story, and ours. The New York Times Magazine devoted an entire issue to Nathaniel Rich's groundbreaking chronicle of that decade, which became an instant journalistic phenomenon--the subject of news coverage, editorials, and conversations all over the world. In its emphasis on the lives of the people who grappled with the great existential threat of our age, it made vivid the moral dimensions of our shared plight. Now expanded into book form, Losing Earth tells the human story of climate change in even richer, more intimate terms. It reveals, in previously unreported detail, the birth of climate denialism and the genesis of the fossil fuel industry's coordinated effort to thwart climate policy through misinformation propaganda and political influence. The book carries the story into the present day, wrestling with the long shadow of our past failures and asking crucial questions about how we make sense of our past, our future, and ourselves. Like John Hersey's Hiroshima and Jonathan Schell's The Fate of the Earth, Losing Earth is the rarest of achievements: a riveting work of dramatic history that articulates a moral framework for understanding how we got here, and how we must go forward.

 

Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes; Erik M. Conway

Call Number: Stacks 174.95 O669m 2011

ISBN: 9781608193943

Publication Date: 2015-02-26

Featuring a new Foreword by former Vice President Al Gore, Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. "Important and timely. We ignore this message at our peril."--Elizabeth Kolbert Merchants of Doubt has been praised--and attacked--around the world, for reasons easy to understand. This book tells, with "brutal clarity" (Huffington Post), the disquieting story of how a loose-knit group of high-level scientists and scientific advisers, with deep connections in politics and industry, ran effective campaigns to mislead the public and deny well-established scientific knowledge over four decades. The same individuals who claim the science of global warming is "not settled" have also denied the truth about studies linking smoking to lung cancer, coal smoke to acid rain, and CFCs to the ozone hole. "Doubt is our product," wrote one tobacco executive. These "experts" supplied it. Merchants of Doubt rolls back the rug on this dark corner of American science. Now with a new Foreword by former Vice President Al Gore, and with a new Postscript by the authors.

Want to do some more research on Earth Day or other environmental and nature topics? You can use one of our periodical databases. You can find our databases from the library website going under "Electronic Resources." You could try the following databases to find articles popular and scholarly:

• GreenFile
• Agricola
• Science Direct
• J-Stor

From the web, in addition to the links above:

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Earth Day page.
• The National Geographic Society Earth Day page.

Just in time for National Library Week, the American Library Association has announced the list of 10 most challenged books in 2023 (story via The Advocate). I went ahead and checked our library catalog, and Hutchins Library has 9 of the 10 books in our collections. So if you are curious or want some good reading, here is the catalog information for the books so you can find them on our shelves. Help celebrate the freedom to read.

Gender Queer: a Memoir by Maia Kobabe

Call Number: Hutchins Library Reserve - 2 Hours 306.7608 K754g

ISBN: 9781549304002

Publication Date: 2019-05-28

In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns,thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Now, Gender Queer is here. Maia's intensely cathartic autobiography charts eir journey of self-identity, which includes the mortification and confusion of adolescent crushes, grappling with how to come out to family and society, bonding with friends over erotic gay fan fiction, and facing the trauma and fundamental violation of pap smears. Started as a way to explain to eir family what it means to be nonbinary and asexual, Gender Queer is more than a personal story: it is a useful and touching guide on gender identity--what it means and how to think about it--for advocates,friends, and humans everywhere.  

 

All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

Call Number: Hutchins Library Reserve - 2 Hours 306.766 J671a 2020

ISBN: 9780374312718

Publication Date: 2020-04-28

In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson's All Boys Aren't Blue explores his childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia.  From the memories of getting his teeth kicked out by bullies at age five, to flea marketing with his loving grandmother, to his first sexual relationships, this young-adult memoir weaves together the trials and triumphs faced by Black queer boys. Both a primer for teens eager to be allies as well as a reassuring testimony for young queer men of color, All Boys Aren't Blue covers topics such as gender identity, toxic masculinity, brotherhood, family, structural marginalization, consent, and Black joy. Johnson's emotionally frank style of writing will appeal directly to young adults.

 

This Book Is Gay by Juno Dawson; David Levithan (Introduction by)

Call Number: Hutchins Library Reserve - 2 Hours 306.76 D272b 2021

ISBN: 9781728254326

Publication Date: 2021-09-07

The bestselling young adult non-fiction book on sexuality and gender! Lesbian. Gay. Bisexual. Transgender. Queer. Intersex. Straight. Curious. This book is for everyone, regardless of gender or sexual preference. This book is for anyone who's ever dared to wonder. This book is for YOU. This candid, funny, and uncensored exploration of sexuality and what it's like to grow up LGBTQ also includes real stories from people across the gender and sexual spectrums, not to mention hilarious illustrations. Inside this revised and updated edition, you'll find the answers to all the questions you ever wanted to ask, with topics like: Stereotypes--the facts and fiction, Coming out as LGBT, Where to meet people like you, The ins and outs of gay sex, How to flirt, and so much more! You will be entertained. You will be informed. But most importantly, you will know that however you identify (or don't) and whomever you love, you are exceptional. You matter. And so does this book. This book is for: LGBTQIA+ teens, tweens, and adults, readers looking to learn more about the LGBTQIA+ community, parents of gay kids and other LGBT youth, educators looking for advice about the LGBTQIA+ community.

 

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Call Number: Hutchins Library Reserve - 2 Hours C513p 1999

ISBN: 9780671027346

Publication Date: 1999-02-01

The critically acclaimed debut novel from Stephen Chbosky follows observant "wallflower" Charlie as he charts a course through the strange world between adolescence and adulthood. First dates, family drama, and new friends. Sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Devastating loss, young love, and life on the fringes. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it, Charlie must learn to navigate those wild and poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up. A #1 New York Times bestseller for more than a year, adapted into a major motion picture starring Logan Lerman and Emma Watson (and written and directed by the author), and an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults (2000) and Best Book for Reluctant Readers (2000), this novel for teen readers (or wallflowers of more-advanced age) will make you laugh, cry, and perhaps feel nostalgic for those moments when you, too, tiptoed onto the dance floor of life.

 

Flamer by Mike Curato (Illustrator)

Call Number: Hutchins Library Reserve - 2 Hours 741.597 C975f

ISBN: 9781627796415

Publication Date: 2020-09-01

Gay boys like other boys. I hate boys. They're mean, and scary, and they're always destroying something or saying something dumb or both. I hate that word. Gay. It makes me feel . . . unsafe. It's the summer between middle school and high school, and Aiden Navarro is away at camp. Everyone's going through changes--but for Aiden, the stakes feel higher. As he navigates friendships, deals with bullies, and spends time with Elias (a boy he can't stop thinking about), he finds himself on a path of self-discovery and acceptance.

 

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Call Number: Hutchins Library Reserve - 2 Hours M8822bL 1993

ISBN: 9780679433736

Publication Date: 1993-12-28

The Bluest Eye,published in 1970, is the first novel written by Toni Morrison, winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature. It is the story of eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove--a black girl in an America whose love for its blond, blue-eyed children can devastate all others--who prays for her eyes to turn blue: so that she will be beautiful, so that people will look at her, so that her world will be different. This is the story of the nightmare at the heart of her yearning and the tragedy of its fulfillment.

 

Tricks by Ellen Hopkins

Call Number: Hutchins Library Young Adult H793tr bk. 1

ISBN: 9781416950073

Publication Date: 2009-08-25

Five troubled teenagers fall into prostitution as they search for freedom, safety, community, family, and love in this #1 New York Times bestselling novel from Ellen Hopkins. Five teenagers from different parts of the country. Three girls. Two guys. Four straight. One gay. Some rich. Some poor. Some from great families. Some with no one at all. All living their lives as best they can, but all searching...for freedom, safety, community, family, love. What they don't expect, though, is all that can happen when those powerful little words "I love you" are said for all the wrong reasons. Five moving stories remain separate at first, then interweave to tell a larger, powerful story -- a story about making choices, taking leaps of faith, falling down, and growing up. A story about kids figuring out what sex and love are all about, at all costs, while asking themselves, "Can I ever feel okay about myself?"

 

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Revised Edition) by Jesse Andrews

Call Number: Hutchins Library Reserve - 2 Hours A566me 2015

ISBN: 9781419719608

Publication Date: 2015-04-21

The New York Times bestselling novel that inspired the hit film! This is the funniest book you'll ever read about death. It is a universally acknowledged truth that high school sucks. But on the first day of his senior year, Greg Gaines thinks he's figured it out. The answer to the basic existential question: How is it possible to exist in a place that sucks so bad? His strategy: remain at the periphery at all times. Keep an insanely low profile. Make mediocre films with the one person who is even sort of his friend, Earl. This plan works for exactly eight hours. Then Greg's mom forces him to become friends with a girl who has cancer. This brings about the destruction of Greg's entire life. Fiercely funny, honest, heart-breaking--this is an unforgettable novel from a bright talent, now also a film that critics are calling "a touchstone for its generation" and "an instant classic."

 

Sold (National Book Award Finalist) by Patricia McCormick

Call Number: Hutchins Library Fiction M12953s 2008

ISBN: 9780786851720

Publication Date: 2008-04-01

The powerful, poignant, bestselling National Book Award finalist gives voice to a young girl robbed of her childhood yet determined to find the strength to triumph. Lakshmi is a thirteen-year-old girl who lives with her family in a small hut on a mountain in Nepal. Though she is desperately poor, her life is full of simple pleasures, like playing hopscotch with her best friend from school, and having her mother brush her hair by the light of an oil lamp. But when the harsh Himalayan monsoons wash away all that remains of the family's crops, Lakshmi's stepfather says she must leave home and take a job to support her family. He introduces her to a glamorous stranger who tells her she will find her a job as a maid in the city. Glad to be able to help, Lakshmi journeys to India and arrives at "Happiness House" full of hope. But she soon learns the unthinkable truth: she has been sold into prostitution. An old woman named Mumtaz rules the brothel with cruelty and cunning. She tells Lakshmi that she is trapped there until she can pay off her family's debt-then cheats Lakshmi of her meager earnings so that she can never leave. Lakshmi's life becomes a nightmare from which she cannot escape. Still, she lives by her mother's words-Simply to endure is to triumph-and gradually, she forms friendships with the other girls that enable her to survive in this terrifying new world. Then the day comes when she must make a decision-will she risk everything for a chance to reclaim her life? Written in spare and evocative vignettes by the co-author of I Am Malala (Young Readers Edition), this powerful novel renders a world that is as unimaginable as it is real, and a girl who not only survives but triumphs.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amanda Peach, associate library director, and the library staff would like to invite the campus community to join us in celebrating National Library Week. The celebration runs from April 7 to April 13, 2024 with the theme of "Ready Set Library." Hutchins Library is hosting the following events during the week. All events are free and open to the public during library regular hours.

ALL WEEK LONG: Our Favorite Things // Drop by the Hutchins Library Lobby to enjoy the “Our Favorite Things” exhibit, honoring 2024 Berea College graduates working in Hutchins Library and the Writing Center. Graduating seniors were asked to identify their favorite things in or about Hutchins Library and the Writing Center. Curated by Lori Myers-Steele.

Appreciating Our Library Workers// Visit our interactive installation in support of National Library Workers Day where folks can give a shout-out to their favorite library workers.

Monday, 4/8: Banned Books Zine Making Event (6 - 8 pm)// In support of National Right to Read Day - Attendees can drop in and make a page in support of one of their favorite banned books, to be compiled in a final group zine about banned books. There will be light snacks and zine-making supplies, as well as a raffle for a free zine kit. With Amanda Peach in the Flex Space.

Tuesday, 4/9: "The Toilet Justice Squad Presents Berea College's Single Occupancy Bathroom Map"/ Lunch and Learn (11:30 am - 1 pm)// Presentation by Abby Houston in Flex Space. Lunch will be provided.

Society’s CENSORED Child - Janis Ian Zine Workshop (5:30 pm - 7 pm)// How can a song be so dangerous to an establishment that it’s preferred to be willfully ignored, buried, or outright censored? Join us in learning about the true story of one such censored song preserved within the Janis Ian collection while creating a community zine. Led by Mandy Martinez and Peter Morphew.

Wednesday, 4/10: A Death So Long: The Extraordinary Final Days of Floyd Collins// Lunch and Learn // (11:30 am - 1 pm) presentation by Caitlyn Rahschulte in Flex Space. Lunch will be provided.

Let's Talk Potty: A Collaborative Zine Making Event (6 - 8 pm)// There will be light snacks and zine-making supplies, as well as a raffle for a free zine kit. With Abby Houston in the Flex Space.

Thursday, 4/11: DIY Pollinator Bookmarks:(drop in any time between 3 pm and 8 pm). Let’s BEE Creative! Make a bookmark celebrating pollinators. // In the cafe area near Circulation. In collaboration with the Office of Sustainability.

You can learn more about National Library Week through the American Library Association (news release and free resources; press kit)

Welcome to another edition of "From Our Shelves" where I read a book from our collection, and give you a short review to help you decide if you want to read it or not. Today we have another selection for Black History Month, but again, this is one you can read anytime. Today's book is How Not To Get Shot: And Other Advice From White People by D.L. Hughley. I will say up front that you may not want to laugh when reading this, but you probably will anyways as Hughley combines serious race and social commentary with some deep biting satire. Hughley's mission for the book is a simple one: to distill the essence of the important information from White people that Blacks (and other minorities) need to know to avoid problems like getting shot. Hughley takes the very serious issues of racism in the United States, and in ridiculing them, adding some sarcasm and hyperbole, gets you to laugh even as you are outraged. The book may be humor and satire, but it is seriously grounded in real facts and solid information. This is a book that everyone should read, so I am providing the library catalog details below so folks can go check it out.

How Not to Get Shot by D. L. Hughley; Doug Moe

Call Number: Stacks 827.92 H894h 2018

ISBN: 9780062698544

Publication Date: 2018-06-26

The fearless comedy legend--one of the "Original Kings of Comedy"--hilariously breaks down the wisdom of white people, advice that has been killing black folks in America for four hundred years and counting. 200 years ago, white people told black folks, "'I suggest you pick the cotton if you don't like getting whipped." Today, it's "comply with police orders if you don't want to get shot." Now comedian/activist D. L. Hughley -one the Original Kings of Comedy-confronts and remixes white people's "advice" in this "hilarious examination of the current state of race relations in the United States" (Publishers Weekly). White people have been giving "advice" to black folks for as long as anyone can remember, telling them how to pick cotton, where to sit on a bus, what neighborhood to live in, when they can vote, and how to wear our pants. Despite centuries of whites' advice, it seems black people still aren't listening, and the results are tragic. Now, at last, activist, comedian, and New York Times bestselling author D. L. Hughley offers How Not to Get Shot, an illustrated how-to guide for black people, full of insight from white people, translated by one of the funniest black dudes on the planet. In these pages you will learn how to act, dress, speak, walk, and drive in the safest manner possible. You also will finally understand the white mind. It is a book that can save lives. Or at least laugh through the pain. Black people: Are you ready to not get shot! White people: Do you want to learn how to help the cause? Let's go!

Hutchins Library is pleased to announce that the Feminist Artists of Kentucky (link to their Facebook page) are presenting their 2024 exhibit in the main floor of the library. The exhibit is in honor of Women's History Month. The exhibit runs throughout the month of February and into middle of March. It can be viewed during library regular hours. The exhibit is free and open to the public .

The Feminist Artists of Kentucky are:

• Pat C. Jennings
• Mary Ann Shupe
• Patricia Watkins
• Karen Tillquist
• Heather Dent
• And guest artist Jackie Pullum

The artists provided the following statement for the exhibit:

"We are still here...

We are still working...

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Welcome to our celebration of Women's History Month. We are pleased to return to Berea College Hutchins Library for another year celebration of women and art. We are a group of mature working artists who combine our efforts and talents to expand our creativity and create art for social justice causes.

As a group, we meet weekly to create, critique, and expand growth in our art. We enthusiastically support social justice and work to bring light to the needs of our community and our world.

We believe women and art can change the world.

If you wish to purchase the for sale art, commission a custom piece, or make a donation, you can message us and follow us on Facebook at feministartistsofky.

Thank you for coming and we hope you enjoy our exhibit."

This month Access World News*, also known as Newsbank, highlighted this article on "Movies to Watch for Black History Month." They listed nine movies. I went ahead and checked our library catalog, and I found that we have six of the nine films from the article. I am listing them below so you can check them out. In addition, if a movie is based on a book and/or has a companion book, and we have the book I am listing the book.

Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

Call Number: Stacks 510.925 S554h 2016

ISBN: 9780062363596

Publication Date: 2016-09-06

 The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA at the leading edge of the feminist and civil rights movement, whose calculations helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space--a powerful, revelatory contribution that is as essential to our understanding of race, discrimination, and achievement in modern America as Between the World and Me and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. The basis for the smash Academy Award-nominated film starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, and Kevin Costner. Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as "human computers" used pencils, slide rules and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. Among these problem-solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women, some of the brightest minds of their generation. Originally relegated to teaching math in the South's segregated public schools, they were called into service during the labor shortages of World War II, when America's aeronautics industry was in dire need of anyone who had the right stuff. Suddenly, these overlooked math whizzes had a shot at jobs worthy of their skills, and they answered Uncle Sam's call, moving to Hampton, Virginia and the fascinating, high-energy world of the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory. Even as Virginia's Jim Crow laws required them to be segregated from their white counterparts, the women of Langley's all-black "West Computing" group helped America achieve one of the things it desired most: a decisive victory over the Soviet Union in the Cold War, and complete domination of the heavens. Starting in World War II and moving through to the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement and the Space Race, Hidden Figures follows the interwoven accounts of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson and Christine Darden, four African American women who participated in some of NASA's greatest successes. It chronicles their careers over nearly three decades they faced challenges, forged alliances and used their intellect to change their own lives, and their country's future.  

 

You can find the film in our DVD collection with the call number: DVD 791.437 H6317 2017.

 

 

 

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas; Amandla Stenberg (Foreword by)

Call Number: Young Adult T4517ha 2017

ISBN: 9780062498533

Publication Date: 2017-02-28

 Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil's name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr. But what Starr does--or does not--say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life.

 

Find the film in our DVD collection with the call number: DVD 791.437 H3615 2018.

 

 

 

Selma (2015). Summary: "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s historical struggle to secure voting rights for all people. A dangerous and terrifying campaign that culminated with an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1964." Find it in our DVD Collection with call number DVD 791.437 S468 2015.

  Daughters of the Dust (2000). Summary: "Story of a large African-American family as they prepare to move North from the Sea Islands off the coast of Georgia at the dawn of the 20th century." Find it in our DVD collection with call number DVD 791.437 D238 2000.

   Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013). Summary: "A butler tells the story of a White House [butler] who serves eight presidents over three decades. During his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society." 

  Glory (2000). Summary: "Two idealistic young Bostonians lead the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, America's first Black regiment in the Civil War." Find it in the DVD collection with call number DVD 791.437 G562 2000 Discs 1-2 .

*Access World News is one of our news databases. It provides "full text from nearly 3,700 U.S. and 2,300 International newspapers. Direct links are available to search Kentucky and Appalachian Region newspapers, major metro titles, international resources, newswires, broadcast transcripts, America's news magazines, world and US newspapers." You can find and access the database from the library homepage under "Electronic Resources." If you are off-campus, you will need to authenticate and log in with your Berea College credentials and DUO.

Welcome to another edition of "From Our Shelves," where I highlight and write a short review of a book I have read from our collection. February is Black History Month, so this week I read Allow Me to Retort. In this book, Mystal takes on a big challenge: debunking the myth that the U.S. Constitution is an inclusive and infallible document. In reality, as Mystal demonstrates and carefully explains in the book, the U.S. Constitution is a document designed to preserve White supremacy at the expense of Black people, and pretty much every other "minority" group, but Mystal for now focuses on Black people, which is a big task in itself. This may also be a good book for reading groups and clubs. It offers good arguments supported with solid evidence, and it has just a touch of snark to make it easier to read.

See below for the book's library catalog details.

Allow Me to Retort by Elie Mystal

Call Number: Stacks 342.73 M998a 2023

ISBN: 9781620976814

Publication Date: 2022-03-01

Allow Me to Retort is an easily digestible argument about what rights we have, what rights Republicans are trying to take away, and how to stop them. Mystal explains how to protect the rights of women and people of color instead of cowering to the absolutism of gun owners and bigots. He explains the legal way to stop everything from police brutality to political gerrymandering, just by changing a few judges and justices. He strips out all of the fancy jargon conservatives like to hide behind and lays bare the truth of their project to keep America forever tethered to its slaveholding past. Mystal brings his trademark humor, expertise, and rhetorical flair to explain concepts like substantive due process and the right for the LGBTQ community to buy a cake, and to arm readers with the knowledge to defend themselves against conservatives who want everybody to live under the yoke of eighteenth-century white men. The same tactics Mystal uses to defend the idea of a fair and equal society on MSNBC and CNN are in this book, for anybody who wants to deploy them on social media. You don't need to be a legal scholar to understand your own rights. You don't need to accept the "whites only" theory of equality pushed by conservative judges. You can read this book to understand that the Constitution is trash, but doesn't have to be.

February is Black History Month in the United States and other parts of the world. This is a time when libraries often offer suggested reading lists to help the community learn more through reading. Today I would like to highlight some graphic novels and comics that may be of interest for Black History Month as well as throughout the year. These are available in the library's graphic novels collection located in the library's main floor. These are listed in no particular order.

The March series by John Lewis. This is his story and a look at his journey and struggles for civil rights in the United States. The series is in three volumes. I've read it, and it is one I can highly recommend.

March: Book One by John Lewis; Andrew Aydin; Nate Powell (Illustrator)

Call Number: Graphic Novels 741.5 L674m 2013 bk. 1

ISBN: 9781603093002

Publication Date: 2013-08-13

#1 New York Times Bestseller Congressman John Lewis (GA-5) is an American icon and key figure of the civil rights movement. His commitment to justice and nonviolence has taken him from an Alabama sharecropper's farm to the halls of Congress, from a segregated schoolroom to the 1963 March on Washington, and from receiving beatings from state troopers to receiving the Medal of Freedom from the first African-American president. Now, to share his remarkable story with new generations, Lewis presents March, a graphic novel trilogy, in collaboration with co-writer Andrew Aydin and New York Times best-selling artist Nate Powell (winner of the Eisner Award and LA Times Book Prize finalist for Swallow Me Whole). March is a vivid first-hand account of John Lewis' lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation. Rooted in Lewis' personal story, it also reflects on the highs and lows of the broader civil rights movement. Book One spans John Lewis' youth in rural Alabama, his life-changing meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr., the birth of the Nashville Student Movement, and their battle to tear down segregation through nonviolent lunch counter sit-ins, building to a stunning climax on the steps of City Hall. Many years ago, John Lewis and other student activists drew inspiration from the 1958 comic book "Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story." Now, his own comics bring those days to life for a new audience, testifying to a movement whose echoes will be heard for generations.

 

March: Book Two by John Lewis; Andrew Aydin; Nate Powell (Illustrator)

Call Number: Graphic Novels 741.5 L674m 2015 bk. 2

ISBN: 9781603094009

Publication Date: 2015-01-20

After the success of the Nashville sit-in campaign, John Lewis is more committed than ever to changing the world through nonviolence - but as he and his fellow Freedom Riders board a bus into the vicious heart of the deep south, they will be tested like never before. Faced with beatings, police brutality, imprisonment, arson, and even murder, the movement's young activists place their lives on the line while internal conflicts threaten to tear them apart. But their courage will attract the notice of powerful allies, from Martin Luther King, Jr. to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy... and once Lewis is elected chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, this 23-year-old will be thrust into the national spotlight, becoming one of the "Big Six" leaders of the civil rights movement and a central figure in the landmark 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

 

March: Book Three by John Lewis; Andrew Aydin; Nate Powell (Illustrator)

Call Number: Graphic Novels 741.5 L674m 2016 bk. 3

ISBN: 9781603094023

Publication Date: 2016-08-02

 By the fall of 1963, the Civil Rights Movement has penetrated deep into the American consciousness, and as chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, John Lewis is guiding the tip of the spear. Through relentless direct action, SNCC continues to force the nation to confront its own blatant injustice, but for every step forward, the danger grows more intense- Jim Crow strikes back through legal tricks, intimidation, violence, and death. The only hope for lasting change is to give voice to the millions of Americans silenced by voter suppression- "One Man, One Vote." To carry out their nonviolent revolution, Lewis and an army of young activists launch a series of innovative campaigns, including the Freedom Vote, Mississippi Freedom Summer, and an all-out battle for the soul of the Democratic Party waged live on national television. With these new struggles come new allies, new opponents, and an unpredictable new president who might be both at once. But fractures within the movement are deepening ... even as 25-year-old John Lewis prepares to risk everything in a historic showdown high above the Alabama river, in a town called Selma.

 

 

 

The Harlem Hellfighters by Max Brooks; Caanan White (Illustrator)

Call Number: Graphic Novels 940.403 B873h 2014

ISBN: 9780307464972

Publication Date: 2014-04-01

From bestselling author Max Brooks, the riveting story of the highly decorated, barrier-breaking, historic black regiment--the Harlem Hellfighters In 1919, the 369th infantry regiment marched home triumphantly from World War I. They had spent more time in combat than any other American unit, never losing a foot of ground to the enemy, or a man to capture, and winning countless decorations. Though they returned as heroes, this African American unit faced tremendous discrimination, even from their own government. The Harlem Hellfighters, as the Germans called them, fought courageously on--and off--the battlefield to make Europe, and America, safe for democracy.   In THE HARLEM HELLFIGHTERS, bestselling author Max Brooks and acclaimed illustrator Caanan White bring this history to life. From the enlistment lines in Harlem to the training camp at Spartanburg, South Carolina, to the trenches in France, they tell the heroic story of the 369th in an action-packed and powerful tale of honor and heart.

 

 

 

Black History in Its Own Words by Ron Wimberly (Artist)

Call Number: Graphic Novels 973.049 W757b 2017

ISBN: 9781534301535

Publication Date: 2017-02-14

A look at Black History framed by those who made it. BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN ITS OWN WORDS presents quotes of dozens of black luminaries with portraits & illustrations by Ronald Wimberly. Featuring the memorable words and depictions of Angela Davis,Jean-Michael Basquiat, Kanye West, Zadie Smith, Ice Cube, Dave Chappelle, JamesBaldwin, Spike Lee and more.

 

 

Invisible Men: the Trailblazing Black Artists of Comic Books by Ken Quattro

Call Number: Stacks 741.597 Q25i 2020

ISBN: 9781684055869

Publication Date: 2020-12-15

Hear the riveting stories of Black artists who drew--mostly covertly behind the scenes--superhero, horror, and romance comics in the early years of the industry. The life stories of each man's personal struggles and triumphs are represented as they broke through into a world formerly occupied only by whites. Using primary source material from World War II-era Black newspapers and magazines, this compelling book profiles pioneers like E.C. Stoner, a descendant of one of George Washington's slaves, who became a renowned fine artist of the Harlem Renaissance and the first Black artist to draw comic books. Perhaps more fascinating is Owen Middleton who was sentenced to life in Sing Sing. Middleton's imprisonment became a cause celebre championed by Will Durant, which led to Middleton's release and subsequent comics career. Then there is Matt Baker, the most revered of the Black artists, whose exquisite art spotlights stunning women and men, and who drew the first groundbreaking Black comic book hero, Vooda! The book is gorgeously illustrated with rare examples of each artist's work, including full stories from mainstream comic books from rare titles like All-Negro Comics and Negro Heroes, plus unpublished artist's photos. Invisible Men features Ken Quattro's impeccable research and lean writing detailing the social and cultural environments that formed these extraordinary, yet invisible, men!

 

 

Black Panther: World of Wakanda by Afua Richardson (Cover Design by); Ta-Nehisi Coates; Roxane Gay; Yona Harvey; Jack Kirby (Illustrator)

Call Number: Graphic Novels 741.597 G285b

ISBN: 9781302906504

Publication Date: 2017-06-13

The world building of Wakanda continues in a love story where tenderness is matched only by brutality! You know them now as the Midnight Angels, but in this story they are just Ayo and Aneka, young women recruited to become Dora Milaje, an elite task force trained to protect the crown of Wakanda at all costs. Their first assignment will be to protect Queen Shuri... but what happens when your nation needs your hearts and minds, but you already gave them to each other? Meanwhile, former king T'Challa lies with bedfellows so dark, disgrace is inevitable. Plus, explore the true origins of the People's mysterious leader, Zenzi. Black Panther thinks he knows who Zenzi is and how she got her powers - but he only knows part of the story! COLLECTING: BLACK PANTHER: WORLD OF WAKANDA 1-6

 

In addition to World of Wakanda, our graphic novels collection features other titles in Marvel's Black Panther series, so come on over and check them out too. And if you want more Marvel Comics at this time:

 

Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man Ultimate Collection Book 1 by Chris Samnee (Illustrator); David Marquez (Illustrator); Brian Michael Bendis; Sara Pichelli (Illustrator, Cover Design by)

Call Number: 741.597 B458m

ISBN: 9780785197782

Publication Date: 2015-07-28

Miles Morales takes up the mantle of the Ultimate Spider-Man! Before Peter Parker died, young Miles was poised to start the next chapter in his life in a new school. Then, a spider's bite granted the teenager incredible arachnid-like powers. Now, Miles has been thrust into a world he doesn't understand, with only gut instinct and a little thing called responsibility as his guides. Can he live up to Peter's legacy as Spider-Man? Collecting: Ultimate Fallout 4, Ultimate Comics Spider-Man (2011) 1-12, Spider-Men 1-5. Note the library does have the 3-volume set of this run.

 

 

 

 

Incognegro: a Graphic Mystery (New Edition) by Mat Johnson; Warren Pleece (Illustrator)

Call Number: Graphic Novels 741.597 J682i 2018

ISBN: 9781506705644

Publication Date: 2018-02-06

Zane Pinchback, a reporter for the New York-based New Holland Herald, is sent to investigate the arrest of his own brother, charged with the brutal murder of a white woman in Mississippi. With a lynch mob already swarming, Zane must stay 'incognegro' long enough to uncover the truth behind the murder in order to save his brother - and himself. Suspenseful, unsettling and relevant, Incognegro is a tense graphic novel of shifting identities, forbidden passions, and secrets that run far deeper than skin colour.

 

 

The Silence of Our Friends by Mark Long; Jim Demonakos; Nate Powell (Illustrator)

Call Number: Graphic Novels 741.597 L849s 2018

ISBN: 9781250164988

Publication Date: 2018-01-02

A New York Times-bestselling graphic novel based on the true story of two families--one white and one black--who find common ground as the civil rights struggle heats up in Texas. This semi-autobiographical tale is set in 1967. A white family from a notoriously racist neighborhood in the suburbs and a black family from its poorest ward cross Houston's color line, overcoming humiliation, degradation, and violence to win the freedom of five black college students unjustly charged with the murder of a policeman. The Silence of Our Friends follows events through the point of view of young Mark Long, whose father is a reporter covering the story. Semi-fictionalized, this story has its roots solidly in very real events. With art from the brilliant Nate Powell (Swallow Me Whole) bringing the tale to heart-wrenching life, The Silence of Our Friends is a new and important entry in the body of civil rights literature.

 

 

Big Black: Stand at Attica by Frank "Big Black" Smith; Jared Reinmuth; Ameziane (Illustrator)

Call Number: Graphic Novels 365.974 S647b 2020

ISBN: 9781684154791

Publication Date: 2020-02-18

A graphic novel memoir from Frank "Big Black" Smith, a prisoner at Attica State Prison in 1971, whose rebellion against the injustices of the prison system remains one of the bloodiest civil rights confrontations in American history. FOUR DAYS IN 1971 CHANGED THE COURSE OF AMERICAN HISTORY. THIS IS THE TRUE STORY FROM THE MAN AT THE CENTER OF IT ALL. In the summer of 1971, the New York's Attica State Prison is a symbol of everything broken in America - abused prisoners, rampant racism and a blind eye turned towards the injustices perpetrated on the powerless. But when the guards at Attica overreact to a minor incident, the prisoners decide they've had enough - and revolt against their jailers, taking them hostage and making demands for humane conditions. Frank "Big Black" Smith finds himself at the center of this uprising, struggling to protect hostages, prisoners and negotiators alike. But when the only avenue for justice seems to be negotiating with ambitious Governor Nelson Rockefeller, Big Black soon discovers there may be no hope in finding a peaceful resolution for the prisoners in Attica. Written by Jared Reinmuth and Frank "Big Black" Smith himself, adapted and illustrated by Ameziane, Big Black: Stand At Attica is an unflinching look at the price of standing up to injustice in what remains one of the bloodiest civil rights confrontations in American history.

 

 

Parable of the Sower: a Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. Butler; Damian Duffy (Adapted by); John Jennings (Illustrator); Nalo Hopkinson (Introduction by)

Call Number: Graphic Novels 741.597 D858o 2020

ISBN: 9781419731334

Publication Date: 2020-01-28

In this graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower by Damian Duffy and John Jennings, the award-winning team behind the #1 New York Times bestseller Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, the author portrays a searing vision of America's future.  In the year 2024, the country is marred by unattended environmental and economic crises that lead to social chaos. Lauren Olamina, a preacher's daughter living in Los Angeles, is protected from danger by the walls of her gated community. However, in a night of fire and death, what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: a startling vision of human destiny . . . and the birth of a new faith.

 

 

 

 

Hutchins Library is pleased to announced that Hispanic Outreach Project (HOP), out of CELTS, has set up an altar and display for Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). The altar is set up at the library's entrance on the main floor. It can be viewed during library regular hours.

Here is some information on the display and tradition and some photos provided by HOP.

Text from the flyer:

Dia de los Muertos

October 31st-November 2

Dia de los Muertos bring families together to remember, honor, and celebrate deceased loved ones. This day is celebrated in many Latin American countries. Dia de los Muertos is NOT the equivalent of Halloween.

Families build altars to honor their ancestors. These altars are filled with pan de muerto (bread for the dead), favorite foods of the loved ones, beverages (including alcohol), sugar skulls, incense (aromatic tree resin that is burned to produce incense), toys, and candles.

The flower associated with Dia de los Muertos is the marigold (Cempasuchil). Paths are made with marigold petals to guide the souls to the altar.

October 31st; The souls of children (angelitos).

November 1st: The souls of adults.

November 2: The souls depart.

Last week we featured a list of "10 Reading Suggestions for Halloween season 2023" highlighting some horror and thriller fiction works in our collection. This week we are taking a look at horror comics and graphic novels available at Hutchins Library you may want to read for the spooky season. These are listed in no particular order. 

Uzumaki (3-In-1 Deluxe Edition) by Junji Ito

Call Number: Graphic Novels 741.5 I894u

ISBN: 9781421561325

Publication Date: 2013-10-15

A masterpiece of horror manga, now available in a deluxe hardcover edition! Kurouzu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but a pattern: UZUMAKI, the spiral--the hypnotic secret shape of the world. The bizarre masterpiece horror manga is now available all in a single volume. Fall into a whirlpool of terror!

 

The Walking Dead Compendium by Robert Kirkman; Charlie Adlard (Artist, Cover Design by); Cliff Rathburn (Artist); Tony K. Moore (Artist)

Call Number: Graphic Novels 741.597 K596w 2013

ISBN: 9781607060765

Publication Date: 2009-05-19

Introducing the first eight volumes of the fan-favorite, New York Times Best Seller series collected into one massive paperback collection! Collects The Walking Dead #1-48. This is the perfect collection for any fan of the Emmy Award-winning television series on AMC: over one thousand pages chronicling the beginning of Robert Kirkman's Eisner Award-winning continuing story of survival horror- from Rick Grimes' waking up alone in a hospital, to him and his family seeking solace on Hershel's farm, and the controversial introduction of Woodbury despot: The Governor. In a world ruled by the dead, we are finally forced to finally start living.

 

Outcast by Robert Kirkman; Paul Azaceta (Artist, Cover Design by); Bettie Breitweiser; Elizabeth Breitweiser (Artist)

Call number: Graphic Novels 741.597 K596o 2015

ISBN: 9781632150530

Publication Date: 2015-02-10

"Kirkman, creator of "The Walking Dead" series, has launched another grim and civilization-menacing serial. The artwork of Azaceta is bold and course, with sophisticated and dramatic coloring. The overall effect is atmospherically creepy and yearns to be read. The television series is already under way." - Library Journal (Starred) NEW HORROR SERIES FROM THE WALKING DEAD CREATOR,ROBERT KIRKMAN! Kyle Barnes has been plagued by demonic possession all his life and now he needs answers. Unfortunately, what he uncovers along the way could bring about the end of life on Earth as we know it! Collects Outcast by Kirkman & Azaceta#1-6.

 

Gideon Falls by Andrea Sorrentino (Artist); Dave Stewart (Artist); Jeff Lemire

Call Number: Graphic Novels 741.597 L554g v. 1

ISBN: 9781534308527

Publication Date: 2018-10-23

Forbes' Best Graphic Novels of 2018 WIRED Magazine's Favorite End-of-Year Books, 2018 A brand-new ongoing horror series from the acclaimed best-selling creative team of Old Man Logan and Green Arrow! The lives of a reclusive young man obsessed with a conspiracy in the city's trash and a washed-up Catholic priest arriving in a small town full of dark secrets become intertwined around the mysterious legend of The Black Barn--an otherworldly building alleged to have appeared in both the city and the small town throughout history, bringing death and madness in its wake. Rural mystery and urban horror collide in this character-driven meditation on obsession, mental illness, and faith that Mark Millar (Hitgirl) called his "personal pick as the best comic of 2018!" Also featuring a variant cover gallery from some of comics' best artists, including Cliff Chiang (PAPER GIRLS), Jock (WYTCHES), Skottie Young (I HATE FAIRYLAND),and more! Collects GIDEON FALLS#1-6

 

Locke & Key by Robert Crais (Introduction by); Joe Hill; Gabriel Rodriguez (Illustrator)

Call Number: Graphic Novels 741.597 H646L

ISBN: 9781600102370

Publication Date: 2008-10-07

Now a Netflix original series! The graphic novel The A.V. Club named a "modern masterpiece," Locke & Key tells a sprawling tale of magic and family, legacy and grief, good and evil. Acclaimed suspense novelist and New York Times-bestselling author Joe Hill (The Fireman,Heart-Shaped Box) has created a gripping story of dark fantasy and wonder-with astounding artwork from Gabriel Rodriguez-that, like the doors of Keyhouse, will transform all who open it. The epic begins here- Welcome to Lovecraft. Following their father's gruesome murder in a violent home invasion, the Locke children return to his childhood home of Keyhouse in secluded Lovecraft, Massachusetts. Their mother, Nina, is too trapped in her grief-and a wine bottle-to notice that all in Keyhouse is not what it seems- too many locked doors, too many unanswered questions. Older kids Tyler and Kinsey aren't much better. But not youngest son Bode, who quickly finds a new friend living in an empty well and a new toy, a key, that offers hours of spirited entertainment. But again, all at Keyhouse is not what it seems, and not all doors are meant to be opened. Soon, horrors old and new, real and imagined, will come ravening after the Lockes and the secrets their family holds. Locke & Key, Vol. 1 features an introduction by Robert Crais, author of the bestselling Elvis Cole series of crime novels.

 

The Keeper by Tananarive Due; Steven Barnes; Marco Finnegan (Illustrator)

Call Number: Graphic Novels 741.597 D852k 2022

ISBN: 9781419751554

Publication Date: 2022-09-27

A young Black girl finds herself trapped between desperation and her family's dark history in this horror graphic novel Aisha has suffered a devastating loss. Her parents were killed in a car crash and now she must move to decrepit and derelict Detroit to live with her ailing grandmother. However, shortly after moving in, Aisha's grandmother's health rapidly deteriorates. With her dying breath, she summons the dark spirit that has protected their family for generations to watch over Aisha. At first it seems that this spirit, whom Aisha refers to as the Keeper, is truly doing as her grandmother asked, caring for Aisha and keeping her safe; however, it soon becomes clear that this being can only sustain itself by stealing life from others. As the Keeper begins to prey on the apartment building's other residents, Aisha and her friends must come together to destroy it . . . or die trying. Written by masters of horror Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes and illustrated by Marco Finnegan, The Keeper reflects on the horror Black Americans face every day, while still staying true to the genre.

 

Only the End of the World Again by Neil Gaiman; P. Craig Russel; Troy Nixey (Illustrator); Matthew Hollingsworth (Illustrator)

Call Number: Graphic Novels 741.594 G141o 2018

ISBN: 9781506706122

Publication Date: 2018-02-06

From the Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, and Nebula award-winning, and New York Times bestselling writer Neil Gaiman (American Gods), this fantasy story blends the worlds of H.P. Lovecraft and Roger Zelazny. This new edition of Only the End of the World Again features a brand new cover, in a new deluxe hardcover format; with bonus material including high res scans of the inks and layouts. The story features an adjustor, Lawrence Talbot who recently sets up shop in Innsmouth only to discover that the world may be ending and that the instrument of destruction is a werewolf.

 

Trick 'r Treat Omnibus by Michael Dougherty

Call Number: Graphic Novels 741.597 D732t 2019

ISBN: 9781681160436

Publication Date: 2020-09-22

TRICK R TREAT, the graphic novel adaptation of the film, reveals 4 evocatively illustrated tales of horror interwoven into one unforgettable Halloween night as the unsettling figure known as Sam pays a visit to an unsuspecting community, wreaking havoc during the scariest night of the year.

 

 

Tales from Harrow County Volume 1: Death's Choir by Cullen Bunn; Naomi Franquiz (Illustrator); Tyler Crook (Illustrator)

Call Number: Graphic Novels 741.597 B942t v. 1

ISBN: 9781506716817

Publication Date: 2020-07-28

Ten years have passed since Emmy exited Harrow County, leaving her close friend Bernice as steward of the supernatural home. But World War II is in full swing, taking Harrow's young men and leaving the community more vulnerable than ever--and when a ghostly choir heralds the resurrection of the dead, Bernice must find a solution before the town is overrun. Collects Tales from Harrow County- Death's Choir #1-#4.

 

American Vampire by Scott Snyder; Stephen King; Rafael Albuquerque (Illustrator)

Call Number: Graphic Novels 741.597 S675a

ISBN: 9781401228309

Publication Date: 2010-10-05

Written by SCOTT SNYDER & STEPHEN KING Art and cover by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE From writers Scott Snyder and Stephen King, AMERICAN VAMPIRE introduces a new strain of vampire - a more vicious species - and traces the creatures' bloodline through decades of American history. This first hardcover volume of the critically acclaimed series collects issues #1-5 and follows two stories: one written by Snyder and one written by King, both with art by future superstar Rafael Albuquerque. Snyder's tale follows Pearl, a young woman living in 1920s Los Angeles, who is brutally turned into a vampire and sets out on a path of righteous revenge against the European monsters who tortured and abused her. And in King's story set in the days of America's Wild West, readers learn the origin of Skinner Sweet, the original American vampire - a stronger, faster creature than any vampire ever seen before. Don't miss out as Snyder and King set fire to the horror genre with this visionary, all-original take on one of the most popular monster stories! This beautiful collection features a new introduction by Stephen King and bonus art including character sketches, variant covers and more! 

 

 

 

 

 

From Amanda Peach, Associate Library Director: 

Hutchins Library has thrilling programming scheduled for October!

Here are the highlights so that you can save the dates to your calendar:

1. "Ghosts in the Archives" research event
   When: Tuesday, 10/3, from 5-7pm

Where: Special Collections and Archives

What: Conduct research on regional spooky tales to share at our "Ghost Stories Under the Stars" event later in the month.

2. "Banned Books Reading"

When:  Tuesday, 10/3, from 7-9 pm

Where: Hutchins Library Lobby

What:  Join Beth Feagan, Amanda Peach, and an exciting line-up of guest readers as we share excerpts from banned books. There will be refreshments and giveaways of free banned books and banned books swag.

3. "The Kentucky Tragedy" Lunch and Learn

When: Thursday, 10/5, from 11:30 am - 1 pm

Where: Flex space on the main floor of Hutchins

What: Enjoy a free lunch while Caitlyn Rahschulte regals you with a true tale of a night of bloody vengeance done in the name of love.

4. "Ghost Stories Under the Stars"

When: Monday, 10/16, at 7pm

Where: The log circle on the quad

What: Join Berea's Folklorist, Emily Hilliard, and tell your haunting story or listen to others share spooky tales.

We hope you will join us in the fun

From Amanda Peach, Associate Library Director: 

Hi All,

At the end of spring semester, many textbooks were discarded/left behind in bins in our residence halls. Since then, they have been transported to Hutchins, sorted into subject area, labeled, and placed atop the reference shelves on the main floor of Hutchins.

They are FREE and available to you. Reuse books and save money - win/win! 

You are welcome to visit the library anytime that we're open this summer, Monday - Friday, 8 am - 5pm, and take what you need. 

The books will remain through the first week of the fall 2023 term. 

Via Calvin Gross, library director.

Mark your calendars! Therapy dogs are back at Hutchins Library!

Hutchins Library is hosting a relaxing break from the stress of day-to-day college life. Have a seat and take a load off as you snuggle up to more than just a good book. Rocket and Bella with be here to give and take a little tenderness.

The event will be on April 4th from 12:30pm – 3:00pm

Hutchins Library is pleased to report that on June 29, 2022 the exhibit "Berea College: Deans of Labor" was unveiled on the main floor of the library. The exhibit was created by outgoing Dean of Labor and Assistant to the President Dr. Sylvia Asante. On display are eight posters of past Deans of Labor accompanied by selected quotations from each dean. In addition, Special Collections and Archives has added to the exhibit a set of materials and artifacts from the Labor Program that can be viewed on the main floor too.

This exhibit was made possible by the collaborative efforts and support of the following:

• President Lyle Roelofs.
• Special Collections and Archives staff: Tim Binkley, Sharyn Mitchell, and Harry Rice.
• Library staff: Calvin Gross, Library Director, and Angel Rivera, Librarian.
• Printing office: Emily Parrish.

The library hosted a reception for the exhibit. This reception was well attended. Attendees had the opportunity to meet with some honorees including Deans William Ramsay and Gail Wolford. Additionally, Carl Evans, son of Dean of Labor Wilson Evans, attended the reception. Carl and his wife, Ann, were so excited by the news that they decided to visit from SC just for this occasion. The reception ran from 11:30am to 1:30pm, and Hutchins Library provided a light lunch.

This exhibit is free and open, but do keep in mind at this time access to the library is via card access only. Visitors can request access by contacting Calvin Gross, Library Director, at 859-985-3274 or via e-mail at grossj@berea.edu.

The Electric Literature blog featured this week a list of "7 Books That Show a Different Side of Appalachia." I checked the library catalog, and yes, Hutchins Library has all seven books on the list. Furthermore, as of this post we have the article author's memoir on order, and it should be arriving soon. So, if you are interested in doing some reading about the region, here are the books with links to the catalog so you can come and check them out.

Affrilachia by Frank X. Walker

Call Number: 821.914 W179a

ISBN: 9780967542409

Publication Date: 2020-11-17

A milestone book of poetry at the intersection of Appalachian and African American literature. In this pathbreaking debut collection, poet Frank X Walker tells the story of growing up young, Black, artistic, and male in one of America's most misunderstood geographical regions. As a proud Kentucky native, Walker created the word "Affrilachia" to render visible the unique intersectional experience of African Americans living in the rural and Appalachian South. Since its publication in 2000, Affrilachia has seen wide classroom use, and is recognized as one of the foundational works of the Affrilachian Poets, a community of writers offering new ways to think about diversity in the Appalachian region and beyond. Published in 2000 by Old Cove Press

 

Trampoline by Robert Gipe

Call Number: G514tr 2015 (Fiction Collection)

ISBN: 9780821421529

Publication Date: 2015-03-15

Dawn Jewell is fifteen. She is restless, curious, and wry. She listens to Black Flag, speaks her mind, and joins her grandmother's fight against mountaintop removal mining almost in spite of herself. "I write by ear," says Robert Gipe, and Dawn's voice is the essence of his debut novel, Trampoline. She lives in eastern Kentucky with her addict mother and her Mamaw, whose stance against the coal companies has earned her the community's ire. Jagged and honest, Trampoline is a powerful portrait of a place struggling with the economic and social forces that threaten and define it. Inspired by oral tradition and punctuated by Gipe's raw and whimsical drawings, it is above all about its heroine, Dawn, as she decides whether to save a mountain or save herself; be ruled by love or ruled by anger; remain in the land of her birth or run for her life.

 

The Prettiest Star by Carter Sickels

Call Number: S566pr 2020 (Fiction Collection)

ISBN: 9781938235627

Publication Date: 2020-05-19

One of 2020's most acclaimed books. A Kirkus Best Fiction Book of 2020 * One of O Magazine's Best LGBT Books of 2020 * A Finalist for the Southern Book Prize * One of the Women's National Book Association's 2020 Great Group Reads Selections * EW's 50 Most Anticipated Books of 2020 * BookRiot * Lambda Literary's * Salon * BookPage's * Garden & Gun's * Logo NewNowNext's In this "brutally fresh kind of homecoming novel," (Entertainment Weekly) Brian Jackson returns to his small Appalachian hometown and the family who rejected him. Carter Sickels's stunning literary achievement "deserves a place in the canon of AIDS literature alongside the likes of Larry Kramer and Rebecca Makkai" (Los Angeles Review of Books). The story of Brian's return to small-town Ohio is told in a chorus of voices: Brian's mother Sharon; his fourteen-year-old sister, Jess, as she grapples with her brother's mysterious return; and the video diaries Brian makes to document his final summer. Written in prose that seeks "to answer without flinching away from ugliness and without demonizing the ignorant" (Salon), The Prettiest Star offers an urgent portrait of a family in the center of a national crisis, in order to tell a unique story about the politics and fragility of the body, and to explore the bounds of family and redemption.

 

F*ckface by Leah Hampton

Call Number: H232fu 2020 (Appalachian Center Faber Library)

ISBN: 9781250259592

Publication Date: 2020-07-14

Named a Best Book of 2020 by Slate, Electric Literature, and PopMatters F*ckface is a brassy, bighearted debut collection of twelve short stories about rurality, corpses, honeybee collapse, and illicit sex in post-coal Appalachia. The twelve stories in this knockout collection--some comedic, some tragic, many both at once--examine the interdependence between rural denizens and their environment. A young girl, desperate for a way out of her small town, finds support in an unlikely place. A ranger working along the Blue Ridge Parkway realizes that the dark side of the job, the all too frequent discovery of dead bodies, has taken its toll on her. Haunted by his past, and his future, a tech sergeant reluctantly spends a night with his estranged parents before being deployed to Afghanistan. Nearing fifty and facing new medical problems, a woman wonders if her short stint at the local chemical plant is to blame. A woman takes her husband's research partner on a day trip to her favorite place on earth, Dollywood, and briefly imagines a different life. In the vein of Bonnie Jo Campbell and Lee Smith, Leah Hampton writes poignantly and honestly about a legendary place that's rapidly changing. She takes us deep inside the lives of the women and men of Appalachia while navigating the realities of modern life with wit, bite, and heart.

 

The Harlan Renaissance by William H. Turner

Call Number: 976.915 T954h 2021

ISBN: 9781952271205

Publication Date: 2021-10-30

A personal remembrance from the preeminent chronicler of Black life in Appalachia. The Harlan Renaissance is an intimate remembrance of kinship and community in eastern Kentucky's coal towns written by one of the luminaries of Appalachian studies, William Turner. Turner reconstructs Black life in the company towns in and around Harlan County during coal's final postwar boom years, which built toward an enduring bust as the children of Black miners, like the author, left the region in search of better opportunities. The Harlan Renaissance invites readers into what might be an unfamiliar Appalachia: one studded by large and vibrant Black communities, where families took the pulse of the nation through magazines like Jet and Ebony and through the news that traveled within Black churches, schools, and restaurants. Difficult choices for the future were made as parents considered the unpredictable nature of Appalachia's economic realities alongside the unpredictable nature of a national movement toward civil rights. Unfolding through layers of sociological insight and oral history, The Harlan Renaissance centers the sympathetic perspectives and critical eye of a master narrator of Black life.

 

Even As We Breathe by Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle

Call Number: C589ev 2020 c. 2 (FIction Collection)

ISBN: 9781950564064

Publication Date: 2020-09-08

Nineteen-year-old Cowney Sequoyah yearns to escape his hometown of Cherokee, North Carolina, in the heart of the Smoky Mountains. When a summer job at Asheville's luxurious Grove Park Inn and Resort brings him one step closer to escaping the hills that both cradle and suffocate him, he sees it as an opportunity. With World War II raging in Europe, the inn is the temporary home of Axis diplomats and their families, who are being held as prisoners of war. Soon, Cowney's refuge becomes a cage when the daughter of one of the residents goes missing and he finds himself accused of abduction and murder. Even As We Breathe invokes the elements of bone, blood, and flesh as Cowney navigates difficult social, cultural, and ethnic divides. After leaving the seclusion of the Cherokee reservation, he is able to explore a future free from the consequences of his family's choices and to construct a new worldview, for a time. However, prejudice and persecution in the white world of the resort eventually compel Cowney to free himself from larger forces that hold him back as he struggles to unearth evidence of his innocence and clear his name.

 

Appalachian Reckoning by Anthony Harkins (Editor); Meredith McCarroll (Editor)

Call Number: 305.562 A646 2019

ISBN: 9781946684783

Publication Date: 2019-03-30

With hundreds of thousands of copies sold, a Ron Howard movie in the works, and the rise of its author as a media personality, J. D. Vance's Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis has defined Appalachia for much of the nation. What about Hillbilly Elegy accounts for this explosion of interest during this period of political turmoil? Why have its ideas raised so much controversy? And how can debates about the book catalyze new, more inclusive political agendas for the region's future? Appalachian Reckoning is a retort, at turns rigorous, critical, angry, and hopeful, to the long shadow Hillbilly Elegy has cast over the region and its imagining. But it also moves beyond Hillbilly Elegy to allow Appalachians from varied backgrounds to tell their own diverse and complex stories through an imaginative blend of scholarship, prose, poetry, and photography. The essays and creative work collected in Appalachian Reckoning provide a deeply personal portrait of a place that is at once culturally rich and economically distressed, unique and typically American. Complicating simplistic visions that associate the region almost exclusively with death and decay, Appalachian Reckoning makes clear Appalachia's intellectual vitality, spiritual richness, and progressive possibilities.

 

Another Appalachia by Neema Avashia

Call Number: (On order as of this post, to arrive soon)

ISBN: 9781952271427

Publication Date: 2022-03-01

"Commands your attention from the first page to the last word." --Morgan Jerkins When Neema Avashia tells people where she's from, their response is nearly always a disbelieving "There are Indian people in West Virginia?" A queer Asian American teacher and writer, Avashia fits few Appalachian stereotypes. But the lessons she learned in childhood about race and class, gender and sexuality continue to inform the way she moves through the world today: how she loves, how she teaches, how she advocates, how she struggles. Another Appalachia examines both the roots and the resonance of Avashia's identity as a queer desi Appalachian woman, while encouraging readers to envision more complex versions of both Appalachia and the nation as a whole. With lyric and narrative explorations of foodways, religion, sports, standards of beauty, social media, gun culture, and more, Another Appalachia mixes nostalgia and humor, sadness and sweetness, personal reflection and universal questions.

 

 

National Library Week (Monday 4/4 - Friday 4/8) Events:
 

Monday, 4/4: Snacks and Stacks - drop by the Hutchins Library lobby for coffee, cocoa, tea, and sweet treats from 8:30 am - 10:30 am
 

Tuesday, 4/5: Hutchins is closed until 5 pm in recognition of Labor Day. Try to win our basket at the Labor Day event!

When we reopen at 5 pm, stop by the library lobby to check out our newest exhibit [UN]Boxing Archives, featuring the art of Artist Archivist Peter Morphew and Tristan Rogers.

The exhibit runs through the month of April.
 

Wednesday, 4/6: Blackout Poetry Event - By completely blacking out text on a page with a permanent marker, except for a select few words, a brand new story is created from the existing text.

In the Flex Space from 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
 

Thursday, 4/7: Silent Reading Party - bring a book and enjoy a cup of tea, cocoa, or coffee.

In the Hutchins lobby from 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
 

Friday, 4/8: Book jacket Buttons - Come choose a button for your book bag crafted from one of our recycled book jackets. In the Hutchins Lobby from noon until 3 pm (or supplies run out)
 

The UNBoxing exhibit in further detail:

Special Collections and Archives presents [UN] Boxing Archives

The Berea College Special Collections and Archive are a body of materials preserving the institutional & cultural history of not only the college, but the Southern Appalachian region. From music, folk tales, financial ledgers, this vast archive preserves our collective memories of history. Yet it is the archivist through a practice of weeding, describing, connecting stakeholders to informational values that shape our remembrance of tomorrow’s history.

This is the first installment of a series of planned workshops and exhibitions by our Artist Archivist Peter Morphew. Since arriving Summer 2021 as the College’s Processing Archivist, Peter has started a body of work exploring the archive environment & our holdings. Through collage, drawings, and paintings, Peter has documented his encounters with retained heritage knowledge. Peter is joined in this exhibit by Tristan Rogers, an artist who has created content based upon the archive holdings accessible via our online catalogues.

A series of drawings is available to view on the Hutchins Library main floor, and the exhibition continues downstairs on the first floor within the Special Collections & Archive department. You can arrange an artist talk or indeed the artist Peter Morphew via appointment [email: morphewp@berea.edu].

The exhibit opens Tuesday April 5th and runs until the end of the month.

Special Collections and Archives presents "In Memoriam: bell hooks." This is an exhibit recalling and celebrating the life, career, contributions, and legacy of Dr. bell hooks. The exhibit features items and materials from the bell hooks papers collection. This exhibit is co-sponsored the bell hooks center and Hutchins Library.

The exhibit runs from February 1 through March 30, 2022. It can be viewed in the library's main floor during library regular hours. Note that access to the building, due to COVID, is limited to Berea College ID holders (faculty, students, and staff) at this time.

For visitors outside of campus, please contact Library Director Calvin Gross at 859-985-3274 or via e-mail at grossj@berea.edu to set up an appointment.

A sample of the carefully curated materials of the bell hooks papers, from Special Collections and Archives.

Hutchins Library is pleased to invite the campus community to see our book display to honor the life and works of bell hooks. The display can be viewed in the library's main floor during regular library hours. Books on the display are available for check out. The display will run through the end of January 2022.

In collaboration with the Espacio Cultural Latinx (ECL), the Hispanic Outreach Program (HOP) has set up an altar and display for Día de los Muertos in Hutchins Library. Día de los Muertos is a celebration from October 31st- November 2nd where families gather to honor and remember deceased loved ones.

The display is located in the library's main floor by the entrance, and it is open during regular library hours to the campus community. The community is invited to view the display and write a message to their deceased loved ones. The display runs through November 5, 2021.

In addition, HOP has set up a second altar at Espacio Cultural Latino (ECL) in the lower level of the Alumni Building. They are also hosting a celebration on November 1 and November 2 at the ECL at 7pm on both nights.

Additionally, you can find some books on the topic at the library like the following:

Day of the Dead in the USA by Regina M. Marchi; Regina Marchi

Call Number: e-book

ISBN: 9780813548579

Publication Date: 2009-06-09

Honoring relatives by tending graves, building altars, and cooking festive meals has been an honored tradition among Latin Americans for centuries. The tribute, "el Dia de los Muertos," has enjoyed renewed popularity since the 1970s when Latino activists and artists in the United States began expanding "Day of the Dead" north of the border with celebrations of performance art, Aztec danza, art exhibits, and other public expressions. Focusing on the power of ritual to serve as a communication medium, Regina M. Marchi combines a mix of ethnography, historical research, oral history, and critical cultural analysis to explore the manifold and unexpected transformations that occur when the tradition is embraced by the mainstream. A testament to the complex nature of ethnic identity, Day of the Dead in the USA provides insight into the power of ritual to create community, transmit oppositional messages, and advance educational, political, and economic goals.

 

 

 

Funny Bones by Duncan Tonatiuh

Call Number: T663fu 2015

ISBN: 9781419716478

Publication Date: 2015-08-25

A ​New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2015 A Robert F. Sibert Award Winner A Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor Book An ALA/ALSC Notable Children's Book Discover the story behind José Guadalupe Posada's iconic Día de Muertos skeletons in this fascinating picture book from award-winning creator Duncan Tonatiuh   Funny Bones tells the story of how calaveras came to be. The amusing figures are the creation of Mexican artist José Guadalupe (Lupe) Posada (1852-1913). Lupe learned the art of printing at a young age and soon had his own shop. In a country that was not known for freedom of speech, he drew political cartoons, much to the amusement of the local population but not that of the politicians. He continued to draw cartoons, but he is best known today for his calavera drawings. They have become synonymous with Mexico's Día de Muertos festival.   Calaveras are skeletons performing all sorts of activities, both everyday and festive: dancing in the streets, playing instruments in a band, pedaling bicycles, promenading in the park, and even sweeping the sidewalks. They are not intended to be frightening, but rather to celebrate the joy of living as well as provide humorous observations about people.   Award-winning author and illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh relates the pivotal moments of Lupe's life and explains the different artistic processes he used. Juxtaposing his own artwork with Lupe's, Tonatiuh brings to light the remarkable life and work of a man beloved by many but whose name has remained in obscurity.

 

Dia de Los Muertos by Roseanne Greenfield Thong; Carles Ballesteros (Illustrator)

Call Number: T486di 2020

ISBN: 9780807515778

Publication Date: 2020-09-01

El Día de Muertos, Day of the Dead, is here--a holiday for celebrating the lives of departed family and friends. Altars are decorated with sugar skulls and marigolds. Tamales and sweets are ready to eat. Soon it will be time for picnics, music, and a costume parade! Come join in these joyful and vibrant festivities that are a tradition in Mexico, the United States, and throughout Latin America.

Calvin Gross, Library Director is pleased to announce that Amanda Peach, Assistant Library Director, has been selected as the winner of the 2021 Outstanding Academic Librarian Award. This award recognizes a full-time employee of an academic library in Kentucky for their impact on their library and the profession; their commitment to library users and to diversity, equity, and inclusion; and their strategic thinking and innovation in solving problems and improving library services, collections, and/or spaces.

Way to go to the best of the best. We love and appreciate all you do for Berea and the world!

From Tim Binkley, Head of Special Collections and Archives:

Michael and Carrie Nobel Kline Field Recordings Preserved by Berea College and CLIR

In 2019-2020, Berea College Special Collections and Archives conducted a Recordings at Risk digitization project to preserve and provide online access to more than 700 audio and video recordings created by folklorists Michael and Carrie Nobel Kline. The focus of the project was to save field recordings made between 1994 and 2006 documenting families and communities in an area that stretches from Parkersburg, West Virginia to the coal region of Northeastern Pennsylvania.

The resulting digital archive (https://libraryguides.berea.edu/KlineCollectionGuide) comprises a diverse selection of oral history interviews, personal reminiscences, historical presentations, music performances, and radio programs. These recordings document life experiences in neighborhoods, religious congregations, businesses, factories, mines, farms, ethnic social clubs, singing societies, and music ensembles. Some recordings reflect on Native American life, the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, slavery, the Underground Railroad, later African American experiences, natural disasters, and fading technologies and crafts. Ethnic groups represented include those that are rarely associated with the Appalachian region, despite their long presence here: Jews and immigrants from Asia, Latin America, Southern Europe and Eastern Europe.

All materials in the digital archive are part of a larger collection of folklife and music resources donated to Berea College Special Collections and Archives by the Klines for scholarly study. The preservation process included migrating data off magnetic tape and other recording media and storing digital master and access files on secure servers. Audio Archivist Harry Rice managed the grant project in consultation with Special Collections and Archives staff. To enhance discovery of the data, Hutchins Library director Calvin Gross and colleagues Ann Cinnamond and Jessica Hayden assisted by creating individual item records in the Berea College Library catalog and in OCLC Worldcat.org.

Recordings at Risk is a national regranting program administered by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) to support the preservation of rare and unique audio, audiovisual, and other time-based media of high scholarly value through digital reformatting. The program is made possible by funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Post by Tim Binkley, Head of Special Collections and Archives:

I would like to share with you a new online exhibit of items from the Special Collections and Archives that has just been posted.

The Path to Woman Suffrage in the United States: 1848 – 1920 (https://scaexhibits.omeka.net/exhibits/show/pathtowomansuffrage) highlights period print materials from the curio book collection and the archives that advocated for (or against) extending voting rights to women. Normally we would show these works as a physical exhibit behind glass. However, due to current circumstances, the exhibit will be online only. On-campus students, faculty, and staff may make appointments to view all items in the SCA reading Room via https://berea.libwizard.com/f/ReadingRoom. As an added feature, the online exhibit offers hyperlinks to free online copies of the featured texts. So even if you cannot come to the reading room, you can still read the works in question.

The exhibit was produced to accompany the National Archives pop-up display “Rightfully Hers” that is currently in the Hutchins Library foyer. (https://libraryguides.berea.edu/blog/Rightfully-Hers-Popup-Exhibit-Celebrates-Womens-Suffrage-Centennial-at-Hutchins-Library)

I hope that you will enjoy exploring both and gaining some insights about the struggle for equal rights.

May we all value our hard-won voting rights enough to exercise them this fall.

Post by Timothy Binkley, Head of Special Collections and Archives,

If you have walked into Hutchins Library lately, you are likely to have noticed something new in the foyer. It is a temporary “popup” display produced by the National Archives and Records Administration and the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission (WSCC). These organizations are partnering with Berea College Special Collections and Archives to share the story of women’s fight for their right to vote in the United States.

Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote explores the history of the ratification of the 19th Amendment and the state of voting rights before and after the women’s suffrage movement. Consisting of four panels of images, insights, and quotations, the popup exhibit will be on view in the Hutchins Library foyer August 14 to December 14, 2020. The full museum exhibit in Washington, D.C. can be viewed online at https://museum.archives.gov/rightfully-hers.

Concerning the exhibit, curator Corinne Porter noted that: “Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment provides an unparalleled opportunity to elevate the untold stories of women’s history.” “The exhibit at the National Archives and the Rightfully Hers popups are part of our nationwide initiative to share the story of the relentless struggle of diverse activists throughout U.S. history to secure voting rights for all American women.”

The National Archives is an independent federal agency that serves American democracy by safeguarding and preserving the records of our Government, so people can discover, use, and learn from this documentary heritage. The WSCC was formed by the U.S. Congress to coordinate the nationwide commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the passage and ratification of the 19th Amendment, which was officially ratified and signed into the Constitution on August 26, 1920. The National Archives’ Rightfully Hers popup display is presented by the WSCC, Unilever, Pivotal Ventures, Carl M. Freeman Foundation in honor of Virginia Allen Freeman, AARP, Denise Gwyn Ferguson, and the National Archives Foundation.

May this temporary exhibit remind every Berean that voting is an important right and responsibility.

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Exhibit can be viewed inside the library during library regular hours. Due to COVID-19 at this point in time, only those with campus card ID access can enter the building. The exhibit will be on view through December 14, 2020.

As students arrive on campus as well as faculty and employees who may have been working remotely and are now returning for fall, they will notice things are quite different than back in March before COVID-19 hit. This post is to provide an overview of library policies and expectations in light of the COVID-19 situation.

Access to the library

Hutchins Library is on Berea College ID card access only. Library is accessible during library operating hours, which are as follows for Fall 2020:

Sunday: 3pm to 10pm

Monday through Thursday: 9am to 10pm

Friday: 9am to 5pm

Saturday: CLOSED

Exceptions: Monday August 10 and Tuesday August 11: 9am to 5pm

Access is limited to the following:

• Enrolled Berea College students who are living in campus housing or Eco-village and Berea College students living in town and enrolled in non-distance learning classes.
• Faculty and Staff of Berea College.
• NO VISITORS ALLOWED in the library.
• If you fall within the above categories and your ID will not permit entrance, call public safety at 859-985-3333. We would appreciate if you please do not knock on our doors. Call Public Safety if you fall in the access categories and your ID does not allow you access.

Policies and required expectations inside the library

• Facial covering/masks must always be worn inside the library.
• Do not move the chairs nor the furniture. They have been placed to allow for proper social distancing.
• Only one person per table is allowed. The tables have blue tape on them to indicate placement of the chairs.
• No food or drink are allowed in the library, except for bottled water. You are welcome to bring in your own water bottle and use the water bottle filling stations in the library. Please note the regular water fountains are closed/sealed off.
  • Due to this, the vending area is closed and not available inside the library.
• The Third Floor of the library is closed for use. If you need to have books and materials from the third floor, please ask at the Circulation or Reference Desks, and a library staff member can pull materials for you to check out.
• Library study rooms are closed until further notice. No study room keys will be checked out.
• If you take a book or material from a shelf in the main floor or lower level, please do not reshelve it. Just leave it on one of the designated carts available next to the shelves. Any books touched/used need to be quarantine for 72 hours before they can return to the shelf. So use any materials you wish, just do not reshelve them.

Some additional notes to keep in mind

• Reference librarians are happy to help. They may be in their offices. You are welcome to drop by and get assistance. If we are in our office, we may have the door closed; in that case, we may have a note on our door to knock if we are here (some librarians may be working remotely). Please knock on the door, and please make sure you have your mask on before we open the door. Our offices are our refuge, so we will most likely not be wearing our mask inside our office. You knocking on our door can give us time to put our mask on before can assist you. Outside of our offices, we are required to wear our face masks as well.
• The Circulation and Reference Desks have plexiglass. Please do not go around the plexiglass. There is also a tape in the ground marking social distance for requests. We would appreciate you help us keep social distance as much as we can.
• For more information, you can check out Hutchins Library Library Guide on COVID-19 response. The guide reiterates the above as well as provides additional information. If you click on the Reference tab, you can get information on our virtual services that include online chat as well as virtual reference consultations.

Hutchins Library is pleased to announce that Dr. Valeria Watkins will present her solo exhibit entitled "New Visions" during the month of February 2020. The exhibit of abstract art in celebration of Black History Month can be viewed in the main floor of Hutchins Library during library regular hours throughout the month of February.

In addition, there will be a reception with the artist on Thursday, February 6, 2020 from 4:30p to 6:00p in the library's main floor. Refreshments will be served. Come and meet the artist, ask questions and take some time to enjoy this great and colorful exhibit.

All events are free and open to the public.

Dr. Valeria Watkins submitted the following biographical and artistic statement to go with the exhibit:

Welcome to the 2020 celebration of Black History Month at the Hutchins Library Gallery at Berea College. A collection of 15 new, interesting and exciting Abstract Paintings are on display for the month.

This is the fifth solo exhibit by artist Valeria Watkins. This year’s collection is entitled “New Visions”. She uses bold, colorful acrylic paints to express the creative spirit. Usually, by using two to three colors she finds nit easy to express formless connections with the colors. The work is highly intuitive while invoking strong emotional connections with the images or colors.

It is still a challenge to allow the paints to be themselves as opposed to being something specific. So, take your time with each painting and get a feel for what the painting is saying to you. Everyone has a difference experience as they listen.

"A Joyful Noise" by Valeria Watkins. Acrylic on canvas

"Peaceful" by Valeria Watkins. Acrylic on canvas

Story by Library Director Calvin Gross:

Please join us at Hutchins Library in welcoming freshman Christopher Stuchell, author of incantations in a reading of their work, along with a book signing. Copies of incantations will be on sale at the end of the reading for $15, including a personal signing by the author! The author is also open to any questions about themselves or their work, and pictures, posts about them, or any other form of publicity.

Refreshments will be provided in the form of cookies and coffee/tea.

The following is the book’s description on amazon.com:

incantations is a collection of poetry/story-writing that showcases the range of diversity in subjects, with elements of culture blending to give an altogether value of the author's search for meaning during adolescence, while tackling issues of sexuality, the nature of masculinity, and a childhood of poverty. Incantations embodies the magical element of the desire to write meaningful poetry for everyone to enjoy. To go forth, and make magic upon this world, even it is not what it seems; everything is here, everyone is here, for a reason. All peoples of this earth have been made of one blood. Inside these pages are pieces of a soul in the words that are directly a part of universal knowledge. Peoples' very consciousness, essence as persons, identities, etc. are held within these words, pages, poems, stories, and darling happiness. Everything else, is here to signify the attachment that the author has to Walt Whitman, Allen Ginsburg, and William Butler Yeats.

Christopher Stuchell is a freshman at Berea College, and is from Columbia, Kentucky. Elizabeth Rexroat is the cover designer. They can be contacted at www.chris-stuchell.com, @chris_stuchell on Instagram, @c_stuchell on Twitter, and on email at chris-stuchell@outlook.com

Hutchins Library is hosting an exhibit of Lakota artifacts and cultural objects in the library's main floor during the month of April 2019. The exhibit is presented in conjunction with the college convocation "History and Culture of the Lakota" featuring speaker Vance Blacksmith on April 4, 2019. Exhibit can be viewed during regular library hours. It is free and open to the public.

Statement for Lakota Cultural Exhibit

Hide painting, from Lakota Cultural Exhibit

This month's showcase is on a graphic novel titled Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughan.

"Colorful and captivating, the artwork expertly captures the strange qualities of this memorable outing. Strong language makes this more appropriate for mature readers. An awesome selection for older teens and adults looking for an exciting sci-fi tale with unexpected twists..."        -from the publisher

Check it out!

Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughan

Call Number: 741.597 V364pa 2016 (Main Floor Circulation Area)

In the early hours after Halloween of 1988, four 12-year-old newspaper delivery girls uncover the most important story of all time. Suburban drama and otherworldly mysteries collide in this smash-hit series about nostalgia, first jobs, and the last days of childhood. 

Hutchins Library is proud to announce that the Feminist Artists of Kentucky have set up a beautiful art display in the library's main floor. The display can be viewed during the month of March 2019 during regular library hours. The display serves to honor Women's History Month.

The artists provided the following short statement about the exhibit:

In recognition of Women’s History Month 2019, a new exhibit is on display at the Hutchins Library, Berea College for the entire month. The Feminist Artist of Kentucky are exhibiting their creativity by showing a range of individual talents and skills representing art through various mediums. The artist are six women who work collectively and individually to use their creative talents to engage in various forms of service projects and involvement locally, regionally and internationally that expresses art as social and political statements.

In addition, the artists will participate in an artist talk during a reception at the library. The reception details are as follows:

When: Thursday, March 14.

Time: 4:30pm to 6:pm

Where: Hutchins Library Main Floor

Refreshments will be provided. This event is free and open to the public.

Here are some photos from the exhibit:

This month's showcase is on a manga and anime titled Bloom Into You by Nakatani Nio.

"For anyone that’s looking for a good romance comic that defies expectations and is relatively chaste, Bloom Into You is a good choice..."         -from the publisher

Check it out!

Bloom into You by Nakatani Nio

Call Number: 306.766 N736b (Main Floor Circulation Area)

A charming love story about two young women who together discover that their dreams of a heart-pounding romance can indeed come true! Yuu has always loved shoujo manga and fantasizes about the day that she too will get a love confession that will send her heart a-flutter. Yet when a male classmate confesses his feelings for her ... she feels nothing. Disappointed and confused, Yuu enters high school still unsure how to respond. That's when Yuu sees the beautiful student council president Nanami turn down a suitor with such maturity and finesse that Yuu is inspired to ask her for advice. But when the next person to confess to Yuu is the alluring Nanami herself, has Yuu's shoujo romance finally begun?

Hutchins Library is pleased to announce that the Tibetan Monks of Tashi Kyil will be visiting Berea College's campus from February 15, 2019 to February 19, 2019. As part of their visit, they will construct a World Peace sand mandala in the central area of the main floor of Hutchins Library. Visitors can view the work during library's regular hours.

The itinerary of activities for the public includes:

Friday, February 15:

• 1 p.m.: Opening Ceremony (Atrium, Hutchins Library) & sand mandala construction. (Library closes 7 p.m.)
   

• 7 p.m.: “The Story of Tibet” (Room 100, Draper Building)

Saturday, February 16:

• 2 p.m.: Tashi Sholpa Dance and Tibetan Language Workshop (Dance Studio. 2nd Floor. Seabury Center)

Sunday, February 17:

• 7 p.m.: "A Course in Happiness." (Fireside Room. Danforth Chapel. Draper Building)

Monday, February 18:

• 10 a.m.: Meditation Workshop and Heart Sutra Chanting. (Room 006. Knapp Hall)

Tuesday, February 19:

• 12 p.m.: Sand Mandala Closing Ceremony. (Hutchins Library)

All events are free and open to the public.

Sponsored by:

• Art and History Department
• Asian Student Union
• Asian Studies Department
• Campus Christian Center
• Center for International Education
• Cosmopolitan Club
• Hutchins Library
• Office of the Academic Vice-President
• Office of the President

Check out the newest editions to our Graphic Novel collection! 

You can find them on the far right shelf in the Graphic Novel section! 

Planetary Omnibus  

Miles Morales: The Ultimate Spider-Man: Volumes 1 & 3 

Rock Candy Mountain: Volume 1

Injection: Volume 3

Black Panther: World of Wakanda

Doctor Strange: The Way of the Weird: Volume 1 

Batman: White Night

The Beauty 

Vinland Saga: Volume 1

The Making of Modern China: The Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty (1368-1912)

Want to find out where these books are? Here are the call numbers and links to the catalog!

The Planetary Omnibus by Warren Ellis

Call Number: 741.597 E476p 2014 (Graphic Novels -- Main Floor Circulation Area)

"PLANETARY has been hailed as a timeless story that turned modern superhero conventions on their heads.Written by Warren Ellis (TRANSMETROPOLITAN) and with stunning art by John Cassaday (Astonishing X-Men), this critically acclaimed, landmark series took a look at the inter-dimensional peace-keeping force known as Planetary. The trio on the ground includes Elijah Snow, a hundred-year-old man, Jakita Wagner, an extremely powerful woman, and The Drummer, a man with the ability to communicate with machines. Tasked with tracking down evidence of super-human activity, these mystery archaeologists uncover unknown paranormal secrets and histories, such as a World War II supercomputer that can access other universes, a ghostly spirit of vengeance, and a lost island of dying monsters. All 27 issues of the original series are collected in this hardbound omnibus edition."

 

Miles Morales by Marvel Comics Staff

Call Number: 741.597 B458m (Graphic Novels -- Main Floor Circulation Area)

Miles Morales takes up the mantle of the Ultimate Spider-Man! Before Peter Parker died, young Miles was poised to start the next chapter in his life in a new school. Then, a spider's bite granted the teenager incredible arachnid-like powers. Now, Miles has been thrust into a world he doesn't understand, with only gut instinct and a little thing called responsibility as his guides. Can he live up to Peter's legacy as Spider-Man? As Miles grapples with his new life, Miles' Uncle Aaron - a.k.a. the Prowler - learns his secret! He's got plans for his nephew, but little does he know that the Scorpion is on his tail! 

 

Rock Candy Mountain Volume 1 by Kyle Starks

Call Number: 741.597 S7945r v. 1 (Graphic Novels -- Main Floor Circulation Area)

It's the first collection of the manic, hobo fighting epic that is ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN. Come inside and meet the mysterious, unbeatable hobo Jackson on his quest to find the mythical hobo heaven. Meet his sidekick Pomona Slim. But watch out for the Devil! And the FBI! And the Hobo Mafia too! It's a fantastical fisticuff through post- World War II America via the rails and back roads through underground fight clubs, prison and the hobo jungles wrought with dangers, hobo fights, jokes and locomotive excitement. 

 

 

Injection Volume 3 by Warren Ellis

Call Number: 741.5 E476i (Graphic Novels -- Main Floor Circulation Area)

An archeological dig in Cornwall has gone very wrong, very quickly. And Maria Kilbride has her hands full already, as the effects of the Injection begin to dig in. So Brigid Roth, her old comrade from the CCCU, gets hired to go to a stone circle in the middle of a moor, under a granite tor, to find out why a ritual murder might have torn a hole in the world. What is the Cold House? "If you're looking for an intense, moody exploration of how loud and strange the world could get, this is the one for you." - Kirkus Review

 

 

World of Wakanda by Marvel Comics Staff

Call Number: 741.597 G285b (Graphic Novels -- Main Floor Circulation Area)

The world building of Wakanda continues in a love story where tenderness is matched only by brutality! You know them now as the Midnight Angels, but in this story they are just Ayo and Aneka, young women recruited to become Dora Milaje, an elite task force trained to protect the crown of Wakanda at all costs. Their first assignment will be to protect Queen Shuri... but what happens when your nation needs your hearts and minds, but you already gave them to each other? Meanwhile, former king T'Challa lies with bedfellows so dark, disgrace is inevitable. Plus, explore the true origins of the People's mysterious leader, Zenzi. Black Panther thinks he knows who Zenzi is and how she got her powers - but he only knows part of the story! 

 

Doctor Strange Vol. 1 by Jason Aaron

Call Number: 741.597 A113d v. 1 (Graphic Novels -- Main Floor Circulation Area)

Who do you call when things are coming out of your dreams and trying to kill you? Or when your daughter is cursing in Latin and walking like a spider? Or when your dog keeps screaming at you to strangle your neighbors? Doctor Strange, of course. He's the only person standing between us and the forces of darkness, but has he been paying his tab? Every act of magic has a cost.

 

 

 

Batman: White Knight by Sean Murphy

Call Number: 741.597 M978b (Graphic Novels -- Main Floor Circulation Area)

The impossible has happened: The Joker has become a ... hero? Batman: White Knight follows the man now known as Jack Napier as he embarks on a quest to heal the city he once terrorized. After reconciling with his long-suffering partner, Harley Quinn, he sets in motion a carefully plotted campaign to discredit the one person whom he views as Gotham City's true enemy: Batman. His crusade exposes a decades-long history of corruption within the Gotham City Police Department and transforms Napier into a city councilman and civic hero. But when the sins of his past return to threaten everything that he has accomplished, the distinctions between savior and destroyer begin to break down for both The Joker and Batman alike--and with them any hope for Gotham's future. Writer and artist Sean Murphy delivers an extraordinary examination of comics' greatest antagonists in Batman: White Knight, exploring justice, corruption, activism and the darkest depths of mental illness. 

 

The Beauty Volume 1 by Jeremy Haun

Call Number: 741.597 H373b v. 1 (Graphic Novels -- Main Floor Circulation Area)

Modern society is obsessed with outward beauty. What if there was a way to guarantee you could become more and more beautiful every day? What if it was asexually transmitted disease? In the world of The Beauty, physical perfection is only one sexual encounter away. The vast majority of the population has taken advantage of it, but Detectives Vaughn and Foster will soon discover it comes ata terrible cost. Now, they'll have to find their way past corrupt politicians,vengeful federal agents, and a terrifying mercenary out to collect the price on their heads. 

 

Vinland Saga 1 by Makoto Yukimura

Call Number: 741.595 Y949v bk. 1 (Graphic Novels -- Main Floor Circulation Area)

Soon to be a major anime series from the makers of Attack on Titan! FOR HONOR AND VENGEANCE As a child, Thorfinn sat at the feet of the great Leif Ericson and thrilled to wild tales of a land far to the west. But his youthful fantasies were shattered by a mercenary raid. Raised by the Vikings who murdered his family, Thorfinn became a terrifying warrior, forever seeking to kill the band's leader, Askeladd, and avenge his father. Sustaining Throfinn through his ordeal are his pride in his family and his dreams of a fertile westward land, a land without war or slavery...the land Leif called Vinland.

 

The Making of Modern China: The Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty (1368-1912) by Jing Liu

Call Number: 931 L783f (Graphic Novels -- Main Floor Circulation Area)

"Does what it sets out to do and serves as a Chinese history text teenagers might actually read." --Asian Review of Books on Division to Unification in Imperial China The fourth volume in the Understanding China Through Comics series covers the stunningly productive Ming dynasty and its fall to the Manchus under the Qing, the last Chinese dynasty. The book also addresses Wang Yangming's School of Mind and the painful process of modernization and conflict with the West and Japan, including the Opium Wars and the Boxer Rebellion. Includes timeline. Jing Liu is a Beijing- and Davis, CA-based designer and entrepreneur who uses his artistry to tell the story of China.

Hutchins Library is pleased to announce that Dr. Valeria Watkins Solo Art Exhibit, "Truth is Truth," is now on display in our main floor during the month of  February 2019. This month-long exhibit honors Black History Month. The exhibit can be viewed during library regular hours. It is free and open to the public.

In addition, there will be an artist reception on Thursday, February 7, 2019 at 5pm in the library's main floor. Light refreshments will be provided. This event is also free and open to the public.

Dr. Valeria Watkins, the artist, provided the following statement on the exhibit:

Hello and welcome to a month long exhibit in honor of Black History Month. This 2019 solo exhibit is titled “Truth is Truth” and includes 15 new amazing and beautiful acrylic paintings.

Each paintings is an expression of the creative process that I find within the stillness of my meditation. I enjoy working with all the beautiful colors of the acrylic paints. I use various tools which helps to add to the paintings structure.

Putting combinations of colors on canvas is pretty cool! The right combinations really make the creative process exciting and challenging. I am inspired to follow that intuitive spark of creativity within me which can be both bold and elusive.

I strive to convey a freedom that can move the viewer. Spend time with each painting and enjoy! And leave your comments.

Please feel free to check out my online Art Gallery if you want to see more of my work! www.valeriawatkins.foliotwist.com.

"Disruption." Acrylic. One of the various paintings by Dr. Valeria Watkins on display this month at Hutchins Library.

This month's showcase is on a graphic novel and anime titled Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama.  

"Winner of the 2011 Kodansha Manga Award (Shonen) and nominated for the prestigious Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize for 2012."         -from the publisher

Check it out!

Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama

Call Number: 741.595 I76a v. 1 (Main Floor Circulation Area)

Collecting the first five volumes of the phenomenally successful Attack on Titan, this is the perfect introduction to the brutal and immersive world of the Titans. In this post-apocalyptic sci-fi story, humanity has been devastated by the bizarre, giant humanoids known as the Titans. Little is known about where they came from or why they are bent on consuming mankind. For the past century, what's left of the human race has hidden in a giant, three-walled city. But how much longer can they stay hidden?

This month's showcase is on a manga and anime titled The Story of Saiunkoku by Sai Yukino.  

"Shurei enters the palace as Ryuki's consort, but he has yet to seek her out. It is rumored that men, not women, share the emperor's bedchamber. Shurei must think of a way to stop the emperor from shirking his responsibilities, but she has to find him first!"      -from the publisher

Check it out!

The Story of Saiunkoku, Vol. 1 by Sai Yukino; Kairi Yura (Illustrator)

Call Number: 741.5 Y949s (Main Floor Circulation Area)

Shurei Hong, destitute but of noble birth, has always dreamed of working as a civil servant in the imperial court of Saiunkoku, but women are barred from holding office. The emperor Ryuki, however, refuses to take command, leaving everything to his advisors. Shurei is asked to become a consort to the emperor to persuade the ne’er-do-well ruler to govern. 

This month's showcase is on a graphic novel by the name of Chew by John Layman. 

"This gorgeous, oversized edition loaded with extras follows Tony for the first ten issues of IGN.com's pick for "Best Indie Series of 2009," and MTVSplash Page's "Best New Series of 2009." Collects the New York Times' best seller "Taster's Choice," as well as the follow-up story-arc "International Flavor."           -from the publisher

Check it out!

Chew by John Layman

Call Number: 741.597 L427c 2010 v. 1 (Main Floor Circulation Area)

Tony Chu is a detective with a secret. A weird secret. Tony Chu is cibopathic, which means he gets psychic impressions from whatever he eats. It also means he's a hell of a detective -- as long as he doesn't mind nibbling on the corpse of a murder victim to figure out whodunit and why.He's been brought on by the Special Crimes Division of the FDA, the most powerful law enforcement agency on the planet, to investigate their strangest, sickest and most bizarre cases.

This month's showcase is on a manga by the name of Arisa by Natsumi Ando.

"But when Arisa attempts suicide, Tsubasa learns that her seemingly perfect sister has been keeping some dark secrets. Now Tsubasa is going undercover at school - disguised as Arisa - in search of the truth. But will Arisa’s secrets shatter Tsubasa’s life too?"             -from the publisher

Check it out!

Arisa by Natsumi Ando

Call Number: 741.595 A552a (Main Floor Circulation Area)

Arisa revolves around Sonoda Arisa and Uehara Tsubasa, twin sisters separated by their parents' divorce. They finally meet again for the first time after three years. Tsubasa is envious but proud of her sweet, popular sister, in comparison to her own school life and Arisa suggests they switch places for a day. Arisa reveals that life isn't as happy for her as Tsubasa thinks and she pushes herself out of the window. Determined to unravel the mystery of her sister's attempted suicide, Tsubasa continues to attend Arisa's school in her place to investigate.

Berea College's Hispanic Outreach Project (HOP), a program of the Center for Excellence in Learning Through Service (CELTS), is sponsoring a display honoring Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) at Hutchins Library. The display is located in the library's main floor, and it can be viewed during regular library hours.

The display runs from October 18, 2018 to November 8, 2018.

From HOP's informational flyer:

"Although celebrated throughout Latin America, The Day of the Dead (also known as el Dia de los Muertos) is mostly associated with Mexico and is a holiday dedicated to honoring of the dead. It is not supposed to be creepy, but rather is a unifying celebration of loved ones who have passed on. Although labeled as the day of the dead, it is actually composed of three days: Halloween, Dia de los Angelitos (Day of Little Angels), and All Soul's Day which is also Day of the Dead."

This display is free and open to the public.

Below are some photos from the display:

This month's showcase is on a graphic novel, anime, tv series, and franchise by the name of The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman.

"Now's your chance to experience this gripping read for the first time or catch up on the tale with the first four years worth of material, collected in one volume for the first time."             -from the publisher

Check it out!

The Walking Dead Compendium by Robert Kirkman; Charlie Adlard (Artist, Cover Design by); Cliff Rathburn (Artist); Tony K. Moore (Artist)

Call Number: 741.597 K596w 2013 v. 1 (Main Floor Circulation Area)

Introducing the first eight volumes of the fan-favorite, New York Times Best Seller series collected into one massive paperback collection! Collects The Walking Dead #1-48. This is the perfect collection for any fan of the Emmy Award-winning television series on AMC: over one thousand pages chronicling the beginning of Robert Kirkman's Eisner Award-winning continuing story of survival horror- from Rick Grimes' waking up alone in a hospital, to him and his family seeking solace on Hershel's farm, and the controversial introduction of Woodburydespot: The Governor. In a world ruled by the dead, we are finally forced to finally start living.

This month's showcase is on a manga and anime by the name of Tokyo Ghoul by Sui Ishida

"Shy Ken Kaneki is thrilled to go on a date with the beautiful Rize. But it turns out that she’s only interested in his body—eating it, that is. When a morally questionable rescue transforms him into the first half-human half-Ghoul hybrid, Ken is drawn into the dark and violent world of Ghouls, which exists alongside our own!" -from the publisher

Check it out!

Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 1 by Sui Ishida

Call Number: 741.595 I794t (Main Floor Circulation Area)

Ghouls live among us, the same as normal people in every way—except their craving for human flesh. Ken Kaneki is an ordinary college student until a violent encounter turns him into the first half-human half-ghoul hybrid. Trapped between two worlds, he must survive Ghoul turf wars, learn more about Ghoul society and master his new powers.

Please join us as we congratulate Calvin Gross, our former Associate Director, on his promotion to Director of Library Services at Hutchins Library. Calvin is a Berea alum who majored in Studio Arts before going on to earn his Master's of Library and Information Science at the University of Kentucky.

Calvin is the thirteenth Director in Hutchins Library's history, replacing Anne Chase who retired on August 10, 2018. Congratulations, Calvin!

This month's showcase is on a graphic novel and movie franchise by the name of Deadpool by Daniel Way.

"Daniel Way's hilarious, action-packed run begins here! When the Merc with a Mouth is hired to rub out Wolverine, sparks will fly! But when both men can regenerate any wound in minutes, how can either one expect to finish off his foe? And whoever wins will have to face Wolverine's murderous son, Daken!"             -from the publisher

Check it out!

Deadpool by Daniel Way by Daniel Way (Text by); Andy Diggle (Text by); Steve Dillon (Illustrator); Paco Medina (Illustrator); Carlo Barberi (Illustrator); Bong Dazo (Illustrator)

Call Number: 741.597 W3565d (Main Floor Circulation Area)

The invaders replicate Deadpool's healing factor in a new generation of Super-Skrulls - but why is Deadpool himself leading this brigade against Earth? And when Norman Osborn double-crosses Deadpool, the maniacal merc unleashes a full-on assault against Avengers Tower! Norman must pull out all the stops - and that means deploying his new team of bloodthirsty, black-ops Thunderbolts! 

This month's showcase is on a manga and anime titled Deadman Wonderland by Jinsei Kataoka.

"Ganta is determined to survive Deadman Wonderland and clear his name, but the price may be his soul… "         -from the publisher

Check it out!

Deadman Wonderland by Jinsei Kataoka; Kazuma Kondou (Illustrator)

Call Number: 741.597 K195dxy (Main Floor Circulation Area)

Framed for the brutal murders of his classmates by the mysterious Red Man, middle-school student Ganta Igarashii finds himself sentenced to death in the bizarre and fatal theme park/prison known as “Deadman Wonderland.” The inmates of this insane penitentiary fight for survival every day to provide entertainment for the masses. 

Hutchins Library is pleased to announce that Dr. Alan Mills and additional faculty and students of 2017 KIIS Winter Program are displaying a series of photographs of Maya Mexico from their recent trip. The exhibit runs from February 5 to February 16, 2018. This event is free and open to the public during library regular hours, and it can be viewed in the library's main floor on the right wall of the center lobby.

In addition, there will be a reception with the artists on Friday, February 16, 2018 from 3:00pm to 4:00pm in the library's main floor. All are invited. This event is also free and open to the public.

Student artists featured are:

Nick Bottom (Berea College)

Rachael Ferguson (Centre College)

Michelle Marshall (Eastern Kentucky University)

Lily McAfee (Eastern Kentucky University)

Jalen Prater (Berea College)

Lily Setters (Berea College)

Nathan Summey (Berea College)

Chris True (Berea College)

Chris Works (Berea College)

Leah Wright (Morehead State University)

Faculty:

Dr. Alan Mills (Berea College), Dr. Chris Fulton (University of Louisville), and Dr. Marie Petkus (Centre College)

Here is a small sampling of the items on display:

"Calle 55." Photo by Michelle Marshall

"El Castillo de Chichen Itza." Photo by Lily Setters