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Reading E-Books: A Contemplative Guide

Yesterday, I finished Nicole Krauss's beautiful novel Great House, a compactly written, deeply poignant book that follows the lives of a handful of characters influenced by a huge and majestic writing desk, which had been stolen from a Jewish family's vacant house during the holocaust. Whenever I read Krauss's writing, I am struck with the …

Posted a month ago by Anne Hays

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Tales from the (Barnard) Bookdrop: Truckface #13

For those of you considering entering the honorable/terrifying field of high school education, whether as a teacher or administrator or policy maker, you might find a zine called Truckface an educational, if cringy, read. There are a number of possible reasons for why you've never heard of Truckface, or would never know that Truckface documents …

Posted 11 months ago by Anne Hays

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Tales from the Book Drop: The Sly Company of People Who Care

As someone who often quite literally judges books by their covers, this particular title and cover jumped out at me: The Sly Company of People Who Care by Rahul Bhattacharya. That title combined with this cover prompted me to read the inside jacket: "A twenty-six-year-old cricket journalist chucks his job in Bombay and arrives in …

Posted 11 months ago by arstessen

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What Not To Do

Hello, fellow patrons.  This is a friendly reminder from the TC library to please remove any sticky-labels you put on pages when you drop off a book, and please NEVER WRITE ON THE PAGES even if it's in pencil.  The book pictured below came in this way from the book drop!  We really appreciate your …

Posted 12 months ago by Anne Hays

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The Elements of Style: musings on an old classic

As I was checking in items from the book drop recently I noticed that someone had returned my favorite grammar book, if one can have only one favorite grammar book: The Elements of Style.  The book is slim and unassuming (especially the version of the book we have here, which  looks like this): The Elements …

Posted 15 months ago by Anne Hays

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I just defended on Jan…

Tales from the Book Drop: Education for Thinking by Deanna Kuhn

Tales from the Book Drop: While on my library shift, I thought I'd check out the many books returned at the book drop here at Gottesman Library. I stumbled upon a few potential reads, but this one particularly striked (struck?) my fancy. I was a member of my high school debate and speech team . …

Posted 18 months ago by s

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Just Checked In: Monsters Eat Whiny Children

Although the load of juvenile books returned this morning was enormous,  Monsters Eat Whiny Children--with its neon green cover, thick, uneven black lettering, and silly title--stood out from the rest.  Intrigued, I started reading. It tells the story of Henry and Eve, two "perfectly delightful children …

Posted 18 months ago by Leanora Lange

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Life Lessons in the Book Drop

Bird by Bird: Some instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamont Random House, 1994 PN147 .L315 1995 TC students have excellent taste in books, which I realize every time I empty the book drop. About a week ago I reached into the book drop and discovered an absolutely wonderful book about the craft of …

Posted 19 months ago by Anne Hays

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The Well-Tempered Self: Citizenship, Culture, and the Postmodern Subject

While checking in books from the book drop today, I came across a new arrival at the Gottesman Library, Toby Miller's The Well-Tempered Self: Citizenship, Culture, and the Postmodern Subject.  A stamp on the title page reveals that this 1993 cultural studies work was received at TC on October 7, 2011--not even a week ago.  …

Posted 19 months ago by Leanora Lange

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and interesting book and author…

This Just (checked) In: Rotten English

Rotten English: A Literary Anthology Edited by Dohra Ahmad Norton, 2007 PR1109.A44 2007 While sorting through just-returned books and preparing them to go back on the shelves, I happened upon Rotten English, which caught my eye with its arresting title and bold red and blue painted script.  Rotten English is an anthology of literary works …

Posted 19 months ago by Anne Hays

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Hi Dohra Ahmad, I'm so pleased you found this post and responded…