A year ago, in honor of National Poetry Month, I asked a number of Indiana writers to respond to the question of how and why poetry matters in their lives. What a year it has been! I decided this April to pose a more specific question to several past Indiana …
It’s no secret that Indiana loves basketball! Looking to brush up on your Hoosier basketball history ahead of the NCAA tournament that will be hosted this month in Indianapolis? Tap into the Hoosier hysteria by checking out the following titles written by Indiana authors: Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team That Awakened a City by Phillip Hoose Although it’s technically a book geared …
Several months ago, a book club reached out to our staff who manages the Novel Conversations lending library for book clubs. The club inquired about donating some books to the collection in honor of the 40th anniversary of their group’s founding. We were interested, of course, so we asked them …
These titles were the next 10 most requested book kits after our top title. Check out what our clubs are reading! Top row: Agatha Christie, Jane Austen, Fredrik Backman, Ann Patchett, Sandra Dallas Bottom row: James Patterson, Kristin Hannah, David McCullough, David Baldacci, Amor Towles Check out your …
Earlier this year, Indiana Humanities awarded 150 grants to Indiana libraries to fund collection development in the area of advancing racial equity, thanks to funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. This funding also allowed us to purchase several new book kits in this collecting area for Novel Conversations, outlined below. Recipients …
Poetry in Our Times: Protest and Pandemic Curated by Matthew Graham This is not a time to be silent, especially for writers. If COVID-19 opened the door to a national awareness of long entrenched and unacknowledged social and racial indignities and injustices, the murder of George Floyd blew that door …
Poetry in Our Times: Protest and Pandemic Curated by Matthew Graham This is not a time to be silent, especially for writers. If COVID-19 opened the door to a national awareness of long entrenched and unacknowledged social and racial indignities and injustices, the murder of George Floyd blew that door …
Poetry in Our Times: Protest and Pandemic Curated by Matthew Graham This is not a time to be silent, especially for writers. If COVID-19 opened the door to a national awareness of long entrenched and unacknowledged social and racial indignities and injustices, the murder of George Floyd blew that door …
