The Little Book of Plagiarism

Literally the size of a postcard, this tiny book looks at the big problem of copying someone's work without giving them credit.

The Little Book of Plagiarism
by Richard A. Posner
Find it in the library at call number K1485 .P67 2007

A New Literary History of America

From campaign speeches to Steamboat Willy and Ernest Hemingway, this volume includes hundreds of pieces that shaped our country's sense of literature.

A New Literary History of America
edited by Greil Marcus and Werner Sollors
Find it in the Library at call number PS92 .N39 2009

Bloom's Literary Reference Online

Find literary criticisms, author biographies, theme summaries and more with Bloom's easy to navigate literature database.

Bloom's Literary Reference Online
Find Bloom's on the Library's Article and Research Databases page, linked from our homepage.

Poetry on Record

Listen to heavyweight poets such as Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, Allen Ginsberg and others read some of the their work.

Poetry on Record: 98 Poets Read Their Work 1888 - 2006
by Rebekah Presson Mosby
Find it in the Library's Audio collection at call number PN6101 .P63 2006 (Becaue of its size it's located on on the bottom shelf of the Ps in the Audio Collection.)

Woodcarving Collection

The Library's recently published Columbia College Woodcarving Collection features professional photographs of the eight beautiful carvings in our collection along with the excerpts they're based on and history about the carvers themselves. Check it out today and explore this fascinating collection.

Columbia College Woodcarving Collection: Bret Harte Stories & Others
edited by Brian Greene
Find it in the Library at call number NK9712 .C64 2009

Tin House

An up-and-coming literary magazine published quarterly, Tin House includes a generous collection of 'Essays & Features' and a venue for budding authors in its 'New Voice' section.

Tin House Magazine
The current issue of Tin House is available in the Reading Area of the Library. Back issues to all of our magazines are in alphabetical order along the back wall of the Library.

New MLA Handbook

Earlier this month the Modern Language Association (MLA) released the seventh edition of its popular MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. The good folks at Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL) have a simple rundown of the changes on their useful Style Guide site.

Here's a teaser on the changes: Underlining has been totally replaced by italics, and URLs are no longer required in citations. For details on these and other updates, please consult a copy of the handbook or check out Purdue's rundown.

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers 7th Edition
by The Modern Language Association
Two copies of the print version of the new Handbook are available in the Library at call number LB2369 .G53 2009. A third copy is available on reserve at the Circulation Desk.

Soldier's Heart

An English professor at West Point explores the relevancy of literature for her students in a time of war.


Soldier's heart : reading literature through peace and war at West Point 1st ed.
by Elizabeth Samet
Find it in the Library at call number PS49 .U65 S36 2007

AAC Drop-in Location

Starting this week the Library will host an Academic Achievement Center Drop-in Location on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:30 - 12:30. An AAC tutor will be available to answer your questions and to set-up tutoring appointments. Try it out today!

AAC Drop-in Location
Available in the Library Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm - look for the sign!

The Sun

An artsy, ad-free publication filled with "words and photographs to invoke the splendor and heartache of being human." My favorite section is Readers Write, with its array of short essays on a given topic written and submitted by readers.

The Sun
The current issue of The Sun is available in our Reading Area. Back issues of all our magazines (which can be checked out) are located along the back wall of the Library in alphabetical order.

David Foster Wallace

Obvious literary genius along with his trademark disjointed style and eclectic taste have garnered him a cult following and widespread acclaim. His masterpiece, Infinite Jest, is consistently mentioned of as a great contemporary novel, while a 2004 article, Consider the Lobster, for Gourmet magazine has some calling it one of the best New England themed articles of all time. Along the way he picked up a MacArthur Fellowship ('genius grant') in 1997.

David Foster Wallace died of an apparent suicide last Friday at age 46.


Infinite Jest
by David Foster Wallace
Find it in the Library at call number PS 3573 .A426I54 2006

Everything and More
by David Foster Wallace
Find it in the Library at call number QA9 .W335 2003

The Collected Prose of Robert Frost

A worthy complement to the great poet's more famous material in verse. Take a look, if for no other reason than sometimes the road less traveled by sometimes makes all the difference.

Prose of Robert Frost
edited by Mark Richardson
PS3511 .R94 A6 2007

Shakespeare: The World as Stage

Bill Bryson brings his wit to this wonderfully readable biography of the Bard, part of the Eminent Lives Series of brief biographies.

Are you a Shakespeare doubter? Bryson addresses the naysayers at the end of his book, and NPR recently did an extensive piece on the ongoing debate.

Shakespeare: The World as Stage
by Bill Bryson
PR2895 .B79 2007

Helvetica

A movie about a typeface? This isn't just any typeface - Helvetica dominates the marketing world, which makes the story of its rise to prominence worth a peek.

Helvetica
directed by Gary Hustwit
Find it in our Video Collection at call number Z246 .H45 2007

Cornbread Nation

An anthology of short stories that explore the unique culture of southern food writing

Cornbread Nation
Edited by John Egerton
TX644.C67 2002

Many of our food related books are in the TX section of call numbers, but here's one that's located elsewhere:

Feast by Martin Jones

Have your considered why humans tend to eat meals together? Neither have I. Still, this intriguing book looks at why humans eat in groups.

Feast
by Martin Jones
GT2850 .J66 2007

Spring Review Author Reading

Thursday afternoon Library was proud to host an author reading of student contributors to this year's Spring Review. A copy of the Spring Review is available in the Library, or pick up your own copy in the Bookstore for $10!

 

Karen Joy Fowler

In place of this month's regular Book Group discussion the Library hosted a Meet the Author event with Karen Joy Fowler, author of The Jane Austen Book Club. Our Reading Area was filled with guests who heard Ms. Fowler talk about everything from her novels to what it's like to have one's book made into a movie. Please contact Brian in the Library for more information about the Book Group.

 

The Face of Poetry

A wonderful sampling of poems featured in UC Berkeley's Lunch Poems series, a free event held monthly in the main library's reading room. The book also includes Margaretta Mitchell's striking portraits of the poets and a CD featuring many of them reading their poems.

The Face of Poetry
Edited by Zack Rogow
Find it in the Library at call number PS615 .F24 2005