LJ’s readers’ advisory expert celebrates Black History Month with the current and previously published work of Jamaica Kincaid, Countee Cullen, Sampson Davis, Charles Henry Rowell, and Jeanne Theoharis.
Elegiac Ink: Death in Graphic Novels | The Reader’s Shelf: February 15, 2013
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Reviews of graphic novels exploring the themes of death and mortality.
Romance Advisory | Wyatt’s World
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Readers’ Advisory for suspense, historical, steampunk, and paranormal romance novels.
Erotica: Full-Frontal Shelving | Genre Spotlight
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If your library doesn’t already collect erotic literature, where should you start? How do you mine your collection for titles you may already have? How do you help patrons navigate the world of erotic literature and assist them in finding something they want to read?
200 Years of Pride and Prejudice | Wyatt’s World
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In 200 years, Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice has evolved as a novel and there’s no knowing how it started or where it will end.
The Narrating Brilliance of Simon Prebble | RA Crossroads
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Experience the brilliance of audiobook narrator Simon Prebble in his own voice, listen-alikes, listen-arounds, and listen-agains. Readers’ advisory recommends Clarke’s Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell; Morgenstern’s The Night Circus; Eliot’s Middlemarch, Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities among others to get reading patrons listening.
The Reader’s Shelf | February 1, 2013
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Books exploring the concept of place
RUSA’s 2013 Most Notable | Wyatt’s World
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Readers’ advisory and collection development librarians of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of the American Library Association, list top fiction, nonfiction, reference, and audiobook titles. Winners of The Dartmouth Medal, The Sophie Brody Medal, Listen Lists and Reading Lists.
28 Graphic Novels to Celebrate African American History Month | Graphic Novels Short Takes
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Graphic novels celebrating multiple racial and ethnic perspectives, Eisner-nominated tween-friendly Princeless, Life with Archie series, the latest volume of Abouet’s Aya, a 1940s romance set in Cuba and New York City, and new About Comics collections.
Before the Line, the Lyric | Wyatt’s World
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Forthcoming titles with direct musical ties, a Joy Division biography, Elvis in the south, keep your eyes and ears alert with Woody Guthrie’s “new” novel.
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