The Great Gasbag is the only survival guide you will be needing for the near future. The wonderful and comedic star of The View, Joy Behar, gives us a hilarious A-to-Z guide as she discusses what is wrong with the “Orange One,” Donald Trump. Joy puts Trump in his gold-plated place, making us laugh as she dissects the comb-over-in-chief. This is a funny, caustic, call to anyone who has already had enough of living in Trumpland.
Selected by request for the Popular Reading Collection!
Greetings Loggers!
Feel like you’ve been lacking some inspiration lately? Well, you can only blame your shelf! That is why I am here to spread some shelf-awareness about the art-landish art-ifacts we have on our shelves here in the Archives & Special Collections! How do you define a “book”? Our artists’ book collection really pushes the bound-ries of definition with the wacky, zany, creative surprises held within.
The Smithsonian Libraries define an artists’ book as “a medium of artistic expression that uses the form or function of ‘book’ as inspiration,” and boy will these books make you an author you can’t refuse!
From books that look like lunch to books that can really ruffle your feathers, you’ll find everything from pop-ups to poetry, peek-a-boos to boxes, even glitter and glamour, colors and cut-outs! So lettuce celebrate while you ketchup on what’s inside “Bread and Butter” by Minali Chatani, or it’s sure to be a pheasant surprise if you decide to take “Birds Everyday” by Dorothy McCuistion under your wing!
These artists certainly draw a crowd, so please come take a sneak peek, or take it to the next level and come see any of the other exciting materials we have here in our collections.
The Archives & Special Collections is open on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays from 12:00-3:00 p.m. or by appointment.
By Monica Patterson
The Roux family have learned that love makes you a fool through the generations. Foolish love seems to be a birthright with this family which cast the ominous fate to the recent twins: Ava and Henry Lavender. Henry is mute and Ava seemingly a normal girl but was born with wings of a bird. In order to understand her situation and fit in with her peers, Ava digs into her family’s history. She dives into a world she may not be ready for as she will discover the twisted motives of others. Others like Nathaniel Sorrows, who not only mistakes Ava for an angel, but has a growing obsession with her. On the night of the summer solstice when the skies open up and rain and feathers fill the air, Eva’s quest and her family’s saga may turn dark and heartbreaking.
Find this book in the Popular Reading Collection, along with other recently published works.
When I got assigned to work with the Ephemera collection I really had no idea what ‘ephemera’ was. Two years ago I was given the job of re-foldering, re-boxing, and scanning the University of Puget Sound Ephemera collection. It didn’t take long to learn that ephemera are the things that existed or were used for only a short amount of time. We have almost thirty boxes of invitations, programs, pamphlets, calendars, and many other things dating all the way back to 1888. So all of that stuff you usually throw away are actually interesting and insightful pieces of history.
Over the years, I’ve come across some pretty unique things. Some of my favorite items are the fraternity and sorority dance programs. They are little booklets that describe the dance and they also provide a place to write in people you dance with. They are also very nicely put together and look more like a piece of art than a program. More recently, I’ve come across a pamphlet that says SURVIVAL on the front. Of course I was curious. The pamphlet outlines all of the resources on and off campus for any mental or physical health needs. Today, we have all of those resources and more but I do not think they advertise them as ways in which one would survive.
There are many other interesting things in the Ephemera collection. There are menus for banquets that usually have strange food items on them and sports programs that have great photos of the athletes. Check out the Ephemera Collection online or stop by the Archives and Special Collections to get a better look!
The Archives and Special Collections is open on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays from 12:00-3:00 p.m. or by appointment.
By Sierra Scott
Amber Patterson is tired of being invisible and plain she deserves more–a life of money and power, she wants the life Daphne Parrish takes for granted. To everyone in Bishops Harbor, Connecticut, Daphne and her estate mogul husband, Jackson, are a couple straight from a fairy tale. Amber’s envy could eat her alive, but she has a plan. Amber uses Daphne’s compassion to entangle herself in the family’s life. It’s not long before Amber is Daphne’s closest confidante, and is traveling to Europe with the family. As Amber grows closer to Jackson a skeleton from her past appears, and may cause her plan to fall apart.
American Paradox: The Conflict of Thought and Action by Merle Curti is a book in the Archives and Special Collections about the tradition of anti-intellectualism in the United States. It highlights the ironic relationship between how America highly prioritizes education, but continually distrusts the word of intellectuals. Merle Curti was a scholar and teacher, who was committed to the ideals of peace and democracy. He taught both at Columbia University and the University of Wisconsin. Curti actually wrote this book as an expansion of the Brown and Haley lectures that he gave at Puget Sound. Since even now, we are living in a highly volatile political climate, American Paradox might be a good read for anyone trying to gain a context of our nation’s politics and social phenomena. Come check it out!
The Archives & Special Collections is open on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays from 12:00-3:00 p.m. or by appointment.
By Laure Mounts
Archives & Special Collections Librarian Adriana Flores will discuss opportunities to use primary source materials from the Archives & Special Collections in the classroom and for scholarly research by both faculty and students. Examples of how we have used archival materials in classes at Puget Sound will be available. 4:00–5:00 p.m. light refreshments and an informal lecture. Archives & Special Collections Seminar room, Collins Library.
Please join us!
HARPISTS
Friday, December 1, 2017
2:30-2:50 p.m.
Library West Reading Room
Performances by:
Christina Sumprer and Ariane Farris
For more information contact: libref@pugetsound.edu
Peer Research Advising edition
College-level library research can be intimidating or overwhelming for many first-year students. Recent work in the Project Information Literacy longitudinal study documented that many students, when stressed, revert to using research techniques they learned in high school, rather than learning and experimenting with the new concepts and strategies introduced to them by faculty and librarians. The Peer Research Advising program in Collins Library offers an additional avenue for such students to get help.
Our three Peer Research Advisors–Lindsey Hunt ’19, Marcelle Rutherfurd ’19, and Julie Masur ’19–are available in Collins Library during the evenings, Sunday through Thursday. (Lindsey Hunt is also piloting one hour a week in Diversions on Tuesdays from 7-8pm.) They have received targeted information literacy training that is especially focused on helping novice researchers overcome the cognitive and affective hurdles that can get in the way of developing good research habits. They are approachable and empathetic, and they love library research! Students can just drop in for help, or they can set up an appointment via email at peerresearch@pugetsound.edu.
Fall 2017 Peer Research Advising Hours
Collins Library, Learning Commons
Sundays, 7-11pm
Mondays, 7-10pm
Tuesdays, 8-10pm
Wednesdays, 7-9pm
Thursdays, 8-11pm
New: Tuesdays, 7-8pm, at Diversions!
Need Information? Don’t forget the Collins Memorial Library – Library Guides
Questions? Contact your liaison librarian
Comments: Contact Jane Carlin, library director
Remember – Your best search engine is a librarian!
M.J. Stark has the picture-perfect life in New York City, but behind this life is a sense of debilitating loneliness. When her boss backstabs her and her boyfriend offers her a new life in California, she takes it. Once there, she is left to herself with the ocean and her elderly neighbor. When her neighbor moves to Paris, she leaves M.J. an invitation to a secret club: one that only reads erotic books. M.J. grows curious and accepts meeting the three other hand-selected club members: Addie, who is sex obsessed and avoids responsibility; Britt, an overloaded mom whose husband leaves her wanting someone new; and Jules, a hopeless romantic whose fairy-tale life is falling apart. As they bond over naughty bestsellers, they learn friendship might just be what they need to rewrite their own stories.
