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  First Year of College Young Adult Fiction

  May 18, 2021

  It’s graduation season and many high school seniors will be starting college next fall. This is a list of young adult novels and graphic novels set directly before, during, or after the first year of college. These titles highlight some of the…

  
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  Titles By and About Asian Americans

  April 20, 2021

  “A love of reading shows empathy, the desire to understand how others live or act or might act – and why.” – Celeste Ng

  This is a small selection of the many materials by and about Asian Americans that Perpich Library has available…

  
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  Books About Women Artists

  March 17, 2021

  Women artists have been creating art for millennia but their contributions have historically been overlooked and undervalued. This selection of books aims to highlight the accomplishments of women artists, giving them their rightful place in art history. All books on this list,…

  
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  Black Poets for Black History Month

  February 18, 2021

  “Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.” -Rita Dove

  This is a selection of some of the amazing poetry collections by black poets in the Perpich Library Collection, curated by our Perpich librarian, Anne Dennison. The items listed below are…

  
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  Hopeful Nonfiction for the New Year

  January 20, 2021

  With the start of a new year comes hope: hope for a better future, hope for a better world, and hope for a better life – this year more than ever. Hope gets us through tough circumstances, giving us the courage to…

  
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  Winter Reading for Homebound Adventures

  December 15, 2020

  Winter is the best time to curl up with a hot drink and a good book. Since most of us are homebound, books are currently the safest way to travel. Here are some wintery book recommendations to help get you through the…

  
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  Honoring Native American Heritage Month

  November 17, 2020

  November is Native American Heritage Month when we honor the rich and diverse cultures, traditions, histories, and continuing contributions of Native peoples.

  It is especially important, as residents of Minnesota, to acknowledge that the land we are living on is the homeland of…

  
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  Spooky Graphic Novels for October’s Spooky Season

  October 20, 2020

  October is Spooky Season! For many in the Perpich community, it is their favorite time of year. It’s the season to dress up in fun costumes, watch scary movies/tv shows, read creepy books, and add pumpkin spice to almost everything you ingest!…

  
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  Latinx Fiction Titles By and About Latinx People

  September 16, 2020

  September 15 – October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month! It’s a time for Americans to celebrate “the histories, cultures, and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America.” Reading fiction is a wonderful…