Read Palestine Week: Six Books by Palestinian Authors Read Palestine Week was established in 2023 to highlight Palestinian literature, history and culture. Events and reading recommendations can be...
2025 Neureuther Essay Competition Now Open Calling all bibliophiles! The Carl Neureuther Student Book Collection Essay Contest, sponsored by WashU Libraries, will award cash prizes to students...
Book Recommendations for LGBTQ+ History Month Check out these recently published books on the subjects of queer history, cultures, and politics to read during LGBTQ+ History...
Adventures in Deutschland In memory of Helga Gertrud Hayes (Oma), February 2, 1936 – July 2, 2024 Oma had no idea I had...
A Q&A with Amanda Jones, Author of “That Librarian” In her new book, That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America (Bloomsbury, 2024), Amanda Jones, a middle school...
Summer Books and Movies It’s almost the end of summer. Do you miss the Libraries yet? You don’t have to be on campus to access...
Staff Pick: Camera Man Camera Man (2022) by film critic Dana Stevens is a biography of Buster Keaton told through the lens of the...
The Autobiography of William Wells Brown WashU Libraries’ recent acquisition of a first British edition of Narrative of William W. Brown, an American Slave, Written by Himself...
Books to Read for World Refugee Day Every year on June 20th, the world comes together to honor the bravery of individuals who had to leave their...
Studying the Salacious Since humans first began drawing, they have drawn genitals. Throughout history, what defines literature and imagery as pornographic, explicit, or...
Staff Pick: Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day Resistance can often take on a daunting and overwhelming aura. Author Kaitlin Curtice helps her readers learn how everyday choices...
Stanley Elkin’s “Wall of Respect” In the summer of 2022, Special Collections acquired a substantial amount of books, papers, artwork, and more that belonged to...