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  • New Library Materials – Fiction: Literary, Realistic, Historical – Fall 2021

    Afterlife – Julia Alvarez

    Another Roadside Attraction – Tom Robbins

    Birthday – Meredith Russo

    The Black Flamingo – Dean Atta

    A Burning – Megha Majumdar

    Call Me by Your Name – André Aciman

    The Committed – Viet Thanh Nguyen

    Concrete Rose – Angie Thomas

    Deacon King Kong – James McBride

    Dear Justyce –…

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  • New Library Materials – Fiction: Fantasy, Paranormal, Science Fiction – Fall 2021

    Akata Witch – Nnedi Okorafor

    All Systems Red – Martha Wells

    The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes – Suzanne Collins

    Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard – Echo Brown

    A Blade So Black – L.L. McKinney

    The Bone Shard Daughter – Andrea Stewart

    Cemetery Boys –…

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  • Books in Verse from Perpich Library

    April 20, 2022

    In honor of National Poetry Month, the library is highlighting some of our incredible books written in verse, a form of narrative poetry. All items on this list are available at the Perpich library. Click on titles for more information.

     

     

    1. Apple: Skin…

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  • Refugee Stories

    March 22, 2022

    The current refugee crisis caused by the invasion of Ukraine has been the focus of many news stories these days. Unfortunately, war and persecution have long been forcing people from their homes, but most of these refugee’s stories have been under reported…

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  • New Library Materials – Plays – Fall 2021

    Appropriate/An Octoroon: Plays – Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

    Blood at the Root – Dominique Morisseau

    Blues for Mister Charlie: A Play – James Baldwin

    By the Way, Meet Vera Stark – Lynn Nottage

    Choir Boy – Tarell Alvin McCraney

    Contemporary Plays by Women of Color: An Anthology, 2nd edition – edited…

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  • New Library Materials – Nonfiction Social Studies Books – Fall 2021

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

    All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life – Winona LaDuke

    A Black Women’s History of the United States – Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross

    Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country:…

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  • New Library Materials – Poetry – Fall 2021

    African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song – Kevin Young, editor

    American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin – Terrance Hayes

    Catrachos: Poems – Roy G. Guzmán

    Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver – Mary Oliver

    Finna: Poems – Nate Marshall

    Halal If You Hear…

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  • Fantasy and Science Fiction by Black Authors

    February 23, 2022

    For Black History Month, the library is highlighting some of the incredible Black science fiction and fantasy authors we have in our collection. All items on this list are available at the Perpich library. Click on titles for more information.

    1. The Gilded Ones…

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  • New Library Materials – Nonfiction Books – Fall 2021

    All About Love: New Visions – bell hooks

    Apple: (Skin to the Core): A Memoir in Words and Pictures – Eric Gansworth

    Anxiety Relief for Teens: Essential CBT Skills and Mindfulness Practices to Overcome Anxiety and Stress – Regine Galanti, PhD

    Being and Nothingness: A Phenomenological Essay…

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