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07/28/2022

https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/07/22/observing-disability-pride-month-july

I only recently learned that July is Disability Pride Month. Although not yet officially recognized in the United States, since 2004 Disability Pride Month has been celebrated with parades in cities including New York, Chicago, Madison, and Los Angeles.

07/27/2022

Booker Long List for 2022.

Six of the 13 writers in contention for the prestigious British literary award are from the United States, with novelists from Britain, Ireland and Zimbabwe also on the list.

07/14/2022

Need some help finding articles from our library databases? Watch a video:

Video help for using library databases and other library tools.

11/01/2021

https://guides.library.waubonsee.edu/nativeamericanheritage

Library Resources for the observance of Native American Heritage Month at Waubonsee Community College

09/27/2021

It's Banned Books Week! Don't forget to check out our subject guide

Information about Banned Books Week

09/15/2021

How will you get involved in Latinx Heritage Month?

06/08/2021

https://www.loc.gov/lgbt-pride-month/about/

Le***an, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Q***r (LGBTQ) Pride Month is currently celebrated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan. The Stonewall Uprising was a tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States. In the United States the last S...

05/04/2021

Check out our guide on Asian & Pacific American Heritage Month.

Celebrating the generations of Asian and Pacific Islanders who have enriched America's history.

04/21/2021

Welcome to Wednesday! No "Live from the Stacks" today. Instead, we encourage you to listen to cotemporary poets reading their own works from "Dear Poet 2021" a multimedia educational project of the Academy of American Poets. https://poets.org/national-poetry-month/dear-poet-2021

You can also find them on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMbWrLV3xwKly6vqhnl0IXg/search?query=dear+poet+2021+

Dear Poet 2021 - Every National Poetry Month we present Dear Poet, a multimedia education project that invites young people in grades five through...

04/21/2021

Poetry & the Creative Mind is right around the corner! Join us on April 29 at 7:30 p.m. EDT for a special performance of poems by Elizabeth Alexander, Lauren Ambrose, John Darnielle, Terrance Hayes, Regina King, Delroy Lindo, Samin Nosrat, Sandra Oh, Jason Reynolds, Meryl Streep and Sarah Sze in celebration of the 25th anniversary of . Free with registration: https://poets.org/gala/2021

04/19/2021

We have so many great books of poetry in our library. When was the last time you read a poem? Try one of these poets recommended in the NYTimes for National Poetry Month.

Even if you think you’re poetry-averse, these writers may change your mind.