Library Faculty Summer Reading Lists
5 June 2012 by Julie Biando Edwards
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Check out what’s on the summer reading lists of some of the library faculty. What are you reading this summer?
Julie Biando Edwards, Ethnic Studies Librarian
Red: Passion and Patience in the Desert, Terry Tempest Williams
Thomas Merton: A Life in Letters, Thomas Merton
The Wisdom of the Desert, Thomas Merton
The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers, Henri J.M. Nouwen
In One Person, John Irving
Once Upon a River, Bonnie Jo Campbell
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, Cheryl Strayed
Kim Granath, Public Health Librarian
A Storm of Swords, George R.R. Martin
A Feast for Crows, George R.R. Martin
A Dance with Dragons, George R.R. Martin
Stolen Prey, John Sandford
The Enchantress, Michael Scott
The Emerald Storm: An Ethan Gage Adventure, William Dietrich
Out of Oz, Gregory Maguire
Shadow of Night, Deborah E. Harkness
The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell
Robert B. Parker’s Lullaby, Ace Atkins
Samantha Hines, Head, College of Technology Library
The Hunger Games Trilogy, Suzanne Collins
Imagine: How Creativity Works, Jonah Lehrer
Donna McCrea, Archivist
Mornings on Horseback, David McCullough
Tammy Ravas, Visual and Performing Arts Librarian
Reclaiming Fair Use: How to Put Balance Back in Copyright, Pat Aufderheide and Peter Jaszi
Sue Samson, Humanities Librarian
Mudwoman, Joyce Carol Oates
When Women Were Birds, Terry Tempest Williams
Megan Stark, Undergraduate Services Librarian
Cutting for Stone, Abraham Verghese
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One of my selections, by Jonah Lehrer, became the source of some controversy recently as the author was found to have plagiarized some of his quotes from Bob Dylan. An interesting discussion of the issue can be found in today’s New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/20/business/media/journalists-plagiarism-jonah-lehrer-fareed-zakaria.html?smid=pl-share