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Michelle’s Pick of the Week: Pandora’s Jar

This week I decided to travel back millennia to rediscover the myths I thought I knew. We begin with the tale of Pandora’s box jar. Author Natalie Haynes discovers that it wasn’t until somewhere after the Middle Ages and before the 20th century that the jar became a box. Haynes then compares Pandora with the…

3 days ago May 30, 2023 in Read - Watch - Listen.

Hannah’s Pick of the Week: The Hole by Hiroko Oyamada

Hiroko Oyamada’s The Hole

May 9, 2023 in Read - Watch - Listen.

Natalie’s Picks of the Week: Two Very Different Memoirs

Natalie’s Pick of the Week is actually two picks. Jennette McCurdy’s I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED and Vanessa Schneider’s MY COUSIN MARIA SCHNEIDER. These two memoirs are very different, yet equally riveting.

May 2, 2023 in Read - Watch - Listen.

Michelle’s Pick of the Week: Rose Quartz by Sasha LaPointe

Getting lost amidst the trees of Sasha LaPointe’s poetry collection is a happy experience. We are met with crystals and tarot cards, fables, and fairy tales. The cover itself evokes a scene of an alter amidst pines, with candles, stones, roses, and feathers. LaPointe’s autobiographical memories are laced with imagery and weaved into stories spaced…

April 18, 2023 in Read - Watch - Listen.

National Poetry Month: A Retrospective on the Pandemic

Happy National Poetry Month! Delve into the work of Mary Jo Salter as she reflects on the pandemic and how our connections with one another have altered.

April 4, 2023 in Read - Watch - Listen.

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