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University Librarian Kevin Butterfield recommends The Arms Maker of Berlin..
Lynda Kachurek, Head of Rare Books and Special Collections, recommends an audiobook...
This week's summer reading suggestion from Marcia Whitehead, Humanities Librarian...
Summer Reading@Boatwright! Lucretia McCulley, Head of Scholarly Communications, recommends Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric Dyson.
Another great summer listening recommendation from Melanie Armstrong in the Music Library!
Anna Creech, Head, Resource Acquisition and Delivery, recommends Binti as a summer read.
Summer Reading@Boatwright! CMC Library Associate Dianna Barron recommends Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin.
Summer Reading@Boatwright! This week's staff pick is from Andy Morton, recommending Factory Man by Beth Macy.- Boatwright Library extends a warm welcome to UR Alumni on June 2, 3 and 4. Stop by Boatwright and see all of the changes! Friday, June 2: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday, June 3: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Sunday, June 4: 2 p.m. - 9 p.m.
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- Another summer reading pick from University Librarian Kevin Butterfield... https://t.co/oI63TZPRWK
- White paper explores how to redesign scholarly monograph for digital use https://t.co/Pq22HHVIe9
- Summer Reads@Boatwright! Lynda Kachurek recommends Word by Word... https://t.co/Uo6BSsRZgX
- Summer Reads@Boatwright! Marcia Whitehead recommends Jerusalem... https://t.co/TmIbjyT1lm
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- Featured Resource of the week: RILM Abstracts of Music Literature indexes all sorts of scholarly writing on music.… https://t.co/iHj0D6RQXs
- Looking forward to Tressie M. Cottom's visit to UR on March 27!https://t.co/oy0ne4kFU7
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Podcasts @ Boatwright
- Dr. Aleksandra Sznajder Lee – Faculty Author Interview
Dr. Aleksandra Sznajder Lee, Associate Professor of Political Science, discusses her new book, Transnational Capitalism in East Central Europe’s Heavy Industry, published recently by the University of Michigan Press. Focusing on the steel industry during the post-communist transition from 1989 … Continue reading → - Dr. Kasongo Kapanga: Faculty Author Interview
Dr. Kasongo Kapanga, Professor of French, discusses his new book, The Writing of the Nation: Expressing Identity through Congolese Literary Texts and Films, published recently by the Africa World Press. The book is the study of literary texts and films seen … Continue reading → - Dr. Daryl Cumber Dance – Faculty Author Interview
Dr. Daryl Cumber Dance, Professor of English Emerita, discusses her new book, In Search of Annie Drew: Jamaica Kincaid’s Mother and Muse, published recently by the University of Virginia Press. In this provocative new book, Daryl Dance argues that everything … Continue reading → - Dr. Christopher von Rueden – Faculty Author Interview
Dr. Christopher von Rueden, an anthropologist and Assistant Professor in the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, discusses a recent article entitled, “Men’s status and reproductive success in 33 non-industrial societies: Effects of subsistence, marriage system, and reproductive strategy,” which he … Continue reading → - Dr. Yvonne Howell – Faculty Author Interview
Dr. Yvonne Howell, Professor of Russian and International Studies, discusses her edited collection, Red Star Tales : A Century of Russian and Soviet Science Fiction, published recently by Russian Life Books. Red Star Tales brings together 18 Russian science fiction … Continue reading → - Dr. Mari Lee Mifsud – Faculty Author Interview
Dr. Mari Lee Mifsud, Professor of Rhetoric and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, discusses her new book, Rhetoric and the Gift: Ancient Rhetorical Theory and Contemporary Communication, published recently by Duquesne University Press. Rhetoric and the Gift, taking as its … Continue reading → - Dr. Monika Siebert – Faculty Author Interview
Dr. Monika Siebert, Professor of English, discusses her new book, Indians Playing Indian: Multiculturalism and Contemporary Indigenous Art in North America, published recently by the University of Alabama Press. Indians Playing Indian explores the phenomenon of multicultural misrecognition of American Indians, … Continue reading → - Dr. Kevin Pelletier – Faculty Author Interview
Dr. Kevin Pelletier, Associate Professor of English, discusses his new book, Apocalyptic Sentimentalism: Love and Fear in US Antebellum Literature, published recently by the University of Georgia Press. The book provides powerful insights into the relationship between nineteenth-century sentimentality, religious … Continue reading → - Dr. Timothy Barney – Faculty Author Interview
Dr. Tim Barney, Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Communication Studies, discusses his new book, Mapping the Cold War: Cartography and the Framing of America’s International Power, published recently by the University of North Carolina Press. In this fascinating history of … Continue reading → - Dr. Bert Ashe – Faculty Author Interview
Dr. Bert Ashe, Associate Professor of English, is the author of a new book, Twisted: My Dreadlock Chronicles, published recently by Agate Press. Twisted explores issues of black male identity, black vernacular culture, and black hair by narrating the journey … Continue reading →


