September 10, 2019
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In Jenny Odell’s How To Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy, she makes a strong case for moving away from the capitalist idea that we need to be constantly optimizing, producing, and innovating. Instead, we should turn our attention back … Continue reading
June 17, 2019
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Imagine it’s 1942. You’re French. Einstein has already refuted the absolutist notions of time and space, Darwin’s findings have nearly dismantled creationism, and Freud has speculated that there’s a subconscious realm where much of the mind’s processes are at work. … Continue reading
October 31, 2018
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Looking for something spooky to read under the covers with some tea tonight? Look no further than Shirley Jackson, the master of creeping dread and spooky suspense. You may know Jackson’s famous short story The Lottery from high school, or … Continue reading
August 13, 2018
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Lori Jakiela opens her memoir with a line as humble as the title, describing her memoir “primarily a work of nonfiction.” What follows is a dramatic account of Jakiela’s search to make contact with her biological family after the … Continue reading
April 23, 2018
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April is National Poetry Month, and we at the JKM Library have a soft spot in our literary hearts for poetry. This month, student workers Alie Davis and Carina Stopenski worked together to design and curate our Main Book Display. … Continue reading
June 9, 2015
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The summer reading list for first-year Chatham students has been posted! The contents of the list were chosen by your friendly neighborhood librarians, and include entries from different subject areas. There’s something on this list for everyone (and several things … Continue reading
May 3, 2013
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The books that have been selected for Summer Reading are now on display on the first floor of the Library. No matter what your interests are – art, science, psychology– or if your just looking for a really good story, … Continue reading
April 3, 2013
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In 1916 a cult attempts to capture death but they are thwarted when they inadvertently imprison the Sandman. Held hostage for 72 years by the cult, Dreams (also called Morpheus) is unable to return to the realm of dreams. As … Continue reading
March 19, 2013
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Alan Moore sets his Hugo Award-winning graphic novel in the political dystopia of the 1980s. Published in comic book form between September 1986 and October 1987, Moore manages to encapsulate the nuclear tensions of the United States and the Soviet … Continue reading
June 12, 2012
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Sadly, on June 5, 2012 we lost one our greatest artists and visionaries, Ray Bradbury. Bradbury defies genre categorization writing everything from science fiction in the Martian Chronicles, to dystopian fantasy in Fahrenheit 451, to creepy horror in Something Wicked … Continue reading