‘One Book One Community’ Reading at Ladue School District This fall, our neighboring community, Ladue School District, kicked off a new “One Book One Community” book club for its...
Joy Williams Reading Recap & Resources On October 14, 2021, Washington University Libraries partnered with the Department of English to host an exclusive reading and conversation...
Conservation of The Raven Thanks to a generous gift from alumnus Daniel J. Smith (BA economics ’85) and Linda Way-Smith, we were able to...
Reading Recommendations on Goodreads University Libraries has recently created a new Goodreads account to share our staff recommendations, faculty book talk selections, and monthly...
Banned Books from our Special Collections Banned Books Week is an annual awareness campaign promoted by the American Library Association (ALA) that celebrates the freedom to...
Staff Pick: Grove by Esther Kinsky If you’re in need of a reading recommendation for the summer, you’ve come to the right place! Check out our...
Staff Pick: Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall Mikki Kendall addresses the gaps between mainstream feminist priorities and the survival basics that they overlook in her essay collection,...
Staff Pick: Where White Men Fear to Tread by Russell Means If you’re in need of a reading recommendation for the summer, you’ve come to the right place! Check out our...
Staff Pick: Vineland by Thomas Pynchon If you’re in need of a reading recommendation for the summer, you’ve come to the right place! Check out our...
Poetry in the Spotlight in Spring International Writers Series The International Writers Series continues during the spring semester with two events focused on poetry from the international writer and...
Tim Youd: Select Drawings for Washington University’s Modern Literature Collection As I type this blog post on my computer keyboard, I hear the “click-clack” sounds of Tim Youd retyping on...
Washington University Libraries Virtual Book Club WashU Libraries Book Club Goes Virtual! Get comfy and join us from home as we explore titles focusing on history,...