Category: Books and Authors

Calling all bibliophiles! The Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Essay Contest, sponsored by WashU Libraries, will award cash prizes to students...

Check out these recently published books on the subjects of queer history, cultures, and politics to read during LGBTQ+ History...

In memory of Helga Gertrud Hayes (Oma), February 2, 1936 – July 2, 2024 Oma had no idea I had...

In her new book, That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America (Bloomsbury, 2024), Amanda Jones, a middle school...

It’s almost the end of summer. Do you miss the Libraries yet? You don’t have to be on campus to access...

Camera Man (2022) by film critic Dana Stevens is a biography of Buster Keaton told through the lens of the...

WashU Libraries’ recent acquisition of a first British edition of Narrative of William W. Brown, an American Slave, Written by Himself...

Every year on June 20th, the world comes together to honor the bravery of individuals who had to leave their...

Since humans first began drawing, they have drawn genitals. Throughout history, what defines literature and imagery as pornographic, explicit, or...

Resistance can often take on a daunting and overwhelming aura. Author Kaitlin Curtice helps her readers learn how everyday choices...

In the summer of 2022, Special Collections acquired a substantial amount of books, papers, artwork, and more that belonged to...

After graduating college, poet Robyn Schiff took a job at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, where she...