Andy Weir’s The Martian is a spectacular sci-fi experience and “the book is better than the movie” cliché applies here… that’s saying something, because the movie is amazing, too! Travel with Mark Watney to Mars and live vicariously through his journal… it’s a trip you’re unlikely to forget.
The 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction has been awarded to The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw. The short story collection was also on the 2020 National Book Award shortlist and won the Story Prize.
The LA Times talked with author Deesha Philyaw about how she “decided to write fiction for Black women like her.”
Invisible Nature by Kenneth Worthy
In honor of Earth Day and Keep America Beautiful Month, take a peek at Invisible Nature by Kenneth Worthy as he details his study of how becoming more involved in growing food and accessing nature helps humans self-educate and how they impact our decisions on environmental ethics.
National Poetry Month reminds us that poets play an integral role in our culture and that poetry matters.
In 2021, the Academy of American Poets is celebrating the 25th anniversary of this celebration!
Check out a poetry book today!
We’re rolling out the welcome mat! Visit YOUR library & check something out!
Read it! Read it! 