If you think the Library only has grown-up books, you haven’t walked through the curriculum section on the first floor, near the door to Administration. The Library collects a limited number of children’s and youth books for use by education students developing curricula and lesson plans. Although our collection of these materials is smaller… ...continue reading...

Robert Sivigny, University Librarian

In the Library’s Big Read finale event last February, Tolstoy scholar Andrew Kaufman mentioned that there was a new translation of War and Peace by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. This remark captured my attention as I have always wanted to read this classic. What an epic journey it has… ...continue reading...

Michael Palmer, Ph.D.
Dean of School of Divinity

“In the novel My Name is Asher Lev, Chaim Potok explores the tension that one Jewish boy experiences between the religious dictates of his Hasidic Jewish community and his need to express himself as an artist. Potok’s novel challenges me to reflect on the ways in which… ...continue reading...

Susannah Clements, Ph.D.
Department of Language & Literature

I’m in the process of rereading Silence by Japanese writer Shusaku Endo. It’s a powerful novel about some of the first Portuguese Missionaries to Japan, and I like how Endo doesn’t back away from challenging questions about what it means to have faith in God in a… ...continue reading...