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I am in the middle of reading Dune, and while Frank Herbert has some good takeaways and powerful quotes, I was most specifically struck by how far women…
My most recent humanities moment would have to be a book I recently finished based on my brother’s recommendation. Named The White Tiger, the book was recently adapted into…
I read People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks a few days ago and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. This book combined many of…
For as long as I can remember I have found peace in libraries. Just the idea of them makes me smile. My earliest memory of being in a…
– Alexis Lygoumenos (PhD student, actress under the stage name Alexis Nichols)
I cannot remember who first introduced me to the work of Roald Dahl, but it is his books that sparked a lifelong love of reading for me. I…
I was always a voracious reader with a preference for fiction. My family made regular trips to the library growing up, so I had a never-ending supply of…
A few years ago I was riding in the car with my mom. She was listing to a book called The Day The World Came To Town. It’s…
One of my earliest childhood memories is of a sweet voice reading sweet words to me from a simple children’s book. The voice belonged to my grandmother and…
My humanities moment is a novel that changed my life and informed my path as an educator and researcher. But before I expound upon it, I need to…
My humanities moment is actually a series of memories related to reading children’s books. The memory of numerous bedtime stories, library visits, and experiences of making my own…
I discovered the poetry of William Blake on a bookshelf in San Francisco. Set beside the works of Charles Baudelaire, and other books I’ve long forgotten, Blake’s poems…
I am a second-generation Turkish American. However, how does this hyphenated identity impact the daily interactions I have in society? When taking an intercultural communication course, I was…
My Humanities Moment was when I first read David Christian’s Maps of Time during my 2nd year of grad school. It made me interested in some of the…
Reflecting on growing up as a clumsy child with two rambunctious brothers, two phrases immediately come to mind, burnt into my memory like a brand from their ceaseless…
I grew up an hour and a half northwest of San Antonio, Texas in a small, rural town called Medina. Medina is home to one school (K-12 campus),…
Around New Year’s Eve 2017/18, I was in Brooklyn visiting my sister and brother in law. There was a pretty significant blizzard, and we were completely snowed in,…
When I was in fourth grade, I read the book Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech. This was the first time I read a book for fun, not…
When I think of my love for the humanities, I think of magic. For me, the humanities offer a glimpse into other realms, worlds filled with wonder, excitement…
As a librarian, I am always reading, usually two to three books per week. During this time of social distancing and online learning, I have more time for…