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NEW Physical BOOKS for our New Digital World

by Nic Netzel on 2020-09-24T08:00:00-07:00 in General Interest | 0 Comments

Holding a physical book, with static text, and still pictures,  on a non-backlit surface is good.  And the library will continue to provide access to codex technology (in continuous use for over 2000 years) during digital learning and in preparation for our inevitable return to real life interactions.  This list of new materials is a shorter one, but has a lot of good things.

 
Please remind your students that we are offering curbside pickup for library materials (information here:  https://libguides.centralcatholichigh.org/home/curbside ) 
 
Graphic Novels (both fiction and non-fiction) include
  • Drawing the Vote: An Illustrated Guide to  Voting in America by Tommy Jenkins, illustrated by Kati Lacker, is a thoroughly researched history of the voting process up through the 2016 elections. Relevant? I think so.
  • Also in Currently Relevant History is Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio by Derf Backderf,  another quite heavy, and heavily footnoted historical non-fiction comic.
  • Gene Luen Yang (a practicing Catholic) scores a Hat Trick in this order:   with  Superman Smashes the Klan (one of the best books I read this summer. with Art by Gurihiru) a comic adaptation of a 1940s radio serial credited with bringing the dark acts of the KKK into broader view (and diminishing their influence),  Dragon Hoops, a memoir about his time as a teacher at Bishop O'Dowd HS, and his relationship with their Varsity Basketball team, and lastly The Rosary Comic Book, which is exactly what you think it is: a comic about the Rosary and the Luminous Mysteries
Prose and Poetic Fiction makes a strong showing as well
  • Elisabeth Acevado (The Poet X) has a new novel in verse called Clap When You Land about two half-sisters, one in the Dominican Republic and one in New York, who discover each other's existence upon the death of their father.  We have two copies of this highly anticipated title.
  • Another greatly anticipated book is The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Suzanne Collins' prequel to The Hunger Games, following the rise of the man who would become President Snow.
  • I quite enjoyed Zen Cho's The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water,  a wu xia (martial arts fantasy) novella about a monk falling in with a group of bandits in order to protect a sacred relic
  • And with next week (9/27-10/3) being ALA's Banned Books Week ("Censorship is a Dead End. Find your Freedom to Read") I would be remiss in not recommending Dave Connis' Suggested Reading, the story of a young woman starting an underground library when her school begins banning books. In a time of willful ignorance, reading is an act of rebellion
  • A Phoenix First Must Burn: 16 Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope is a short story collection edited by Patricia Caldwell
  • Everywhere You Don't Belong, by Gabriel Bump, is the story of a young black man who tries to remove himself from protests in South Chicago.
  • Marie Lu's highly acclaimed The Kingdom of Back is historical fiction/magical realism about composer Nannerl Mozart, sister of Wolfgang.
  • They Went Left, by Monica Hesse, is another addition to the body of Holocaust lit.
  • plus more (see below)
In Non Fiction
  • The product of over 40 years worth of research, What's Your Pronoun: Beyond He & She, by Linguistics professor, and Guggenheim fellow, Dennis Baron (he/him/his), is an accessible, scholarly examination of the long history, politics, and modern view of gender neutral and non-binary pronouns.
  • A companion piece, possibly, to the graphic novel about voting, is Richard Stengel's (former editor of Time and former Undersecretary of State) Information Wars: How We Lost the Global Battle Against Disinformation & What We Can Do About It.
  • The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race by professor Anthony Christian Ocampo is the product of many interviews with other Filipino Americans, and delves into the complexities of race and culture.
  • Another very relevant topic is covered in An Introduction to Constitutional Law: 100 Supreme Court Cases Everyone Should Know. Mostly of interest to Con Team, but useful for anyone.
  • And, by welcome request, Women of Color in Tech
Lastly, in Professional Development,  three books on critical mathematics, and one on libraries and intellectual property and information rights (whee, fun!)
 
So, take a break from your screens, and go outside and read a book.  The list is below.
  • Call Number Title Author
    305.8 REY Stamped : racism, antiracism, and you Kendi, Ibram X.
    305.899 OCA The Latinos of Asia : how Filipino Americans break the rules of race Ocampo, Anthony Christian, 1981-
    342.73 BAR An introduction to constitutional law : 100 Supreme Court cases everyone should know Barnett, Randy E.
    355.34 STE Information wars : how we lost the global battle against disinformation and what we can do about it Stengel, Richard.
    425.55 BAR What's your pronoun? : beyond he & she Baron, Dennis E.
    604.82 TED Women of color in tech : a blueprint for inspiring and mentoring the next generation of technology innovators Tedrick, Susanne.
    FIC ACE Clap when you land Acevedo, Elizabeth.
    FIC CHO The Order of the Pure Moon reflected in water Cho, Zen.
    FIC COL The ballad of songbirds and snakes Collins, Suzanne.
    FIC CON Suggested reading Connis, Dave.
    FIC GRE This is my brain in love Gregorio, I. W., 1976-
    FIC HES They went left Hesse, Monica.
    FIC LU The Kingdom of Back Lu, Marie, 1984-
    FIC TOR We are not from here Torres Sanchez, Jenny.
    FIC VAN Creatures : a novel Van Meter, Crissy.
    GNOV 242.74 YAN The rosary comic book Yang, Gene Luen.
    GNOV 324.6 JEN Drawing the vote : the illustrated guide to voting in America Jenkins, Tommy, 1972-
    GNOV 378.771 BAC Kent State : four dead in Ohio Derf Backderf.
    GNOV FIC YAN Dragon hoops Yang, Gene Luen.
    GNOV FIC YAN Superman smashes the Klan : the graphic novel Yang, Gene Luen.
    PROF 346.730 SCH Intellectual property and information rights for librarians Schlipp, John.
    PROF 371.829 DAV Critical race theory in mathematics education edited by Julius Davis and Christopher C. Jett.
    PROF 510.71 CAT Catalyzing change in high school mathematics : initiating critical conversations National Council of Teachers of Mathemathics.
    PROF 510.71 RIG Rigor, relevance, and relationships : making mathematics come alive with project-based learning Lee, Jean (Jean Sangmin)
    SC CAL A phoenix first must burn : sixteen stories of black girl magic, resistance, and hope edited by Patrice Caldwell.
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Nic Netzel
Has used the Pandemic to Read More.
 
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