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“Until we’re like clouds that tear like bread but mend like bones…” Cloud Anthem art from the Two Ponds Press edition of Boundaries, poems and words by Richard Blanco, in the Special Collection. "Boundaries is a collaborative project between Presidential Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco and contemporary landscape photographer Jacob Bond Hessler. Blanco's poems and Hessler's photographs together investigate the visible and invisible boundaries of race, gender, class, and ethnicity, among many … [Read more...] about Boundaries

The Joseph Heller book Catch-22 turned 60 in 2021. Some Community Library trivia: Our first edition was read to bits years ago, but the current copy has circulated 46 times in the last 20 years. Catch-22 remains a cornerstone of American literature and one of the funniest—and most celebrated—books of all time. In recent years it has been named to “best novels” lists by Time, Newsweek, the Modern Library, and the London Observer. Set in Italy during World War II, this is the story of the … [Read more...] about Catch-22

"Hard times are coming, when we'll be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now, can see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive technologies to other ways of being, and even imagine real grounds for hope. We'll need writers who can remember freedom -- poets, visionaries -- realists of a larger reality. . . ." Words Are My Matter collects talks, essays, introductions to beloved books, and book reviews by Ursula K. Le Guin, one of our fore- most … [Read more...] about Words Are My Matter

Part poignant cancer memoir and part humorous reflection on a motherless life, this debut graphic novel is extraordinarily comforting and engaging. From before her mother's first oncology appointment through the stages of her cancer to the funeral, sitting shiva, and afterward, when she must try to make sense of her life as a motherless daughter, Tyler Feder tells her story in this graphic novel that is full of piercing--but also often funny--details. She shares the important post-death … [Read more...] about Dancing at the Pity Party

Nominated for the 2021 Hugo Awards and the 2020 Nebula Awards for Best Novel  From the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Resistance Reborn comes the first book in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy, inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Columbian Americas and woven into a tale of celestial prophecies, political intrigue, and forbidden magic.Find it in print and ebook here: SF/FANTASY Main Coll, SCIFIC ROA … [Read more...] about Black Sun