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| | | April 30, 2018 |  Uwe Johnson’s Anniversaries | The First Complete English-Language Publication of a Major Literary Work Barbara Hoffert - @barbarahoffert Living in New York City mid-century with his wife and daughter, German author Uwe Johnson decided to write a novel taking the form of a diary, contemporaneous with the time of the writing. His protagonist was Gesine Cresspahl, a German émigré living on the Upper West Side with her daughter and working as a translator at a bank. As it happens, the first entry of Anniversaries is August 21, 1967, and its final entry August 20, 1968, so the novel spans a watershed year in American and world history, presenting events of earth-shaking significance with you-are-there immediacy. |
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|  Murakami & Rice, Frederick Douglass & Valley Forge | Barbara’s Picks Picks this week include new works by Japanese master Haruki Murakami and Anne Rice, who’s revisiting the backstory of Lestat. Most of the picks, though, are nonfiction; fall is shaping up to be a good time for readers of history, biography/memoir, and current events. Strikingly, two titles, Julian Castro’s An Unlikely Journey (Un Viaje Improbable) and Reyna Grande’s A Dream Called Home ( En búsqueda de un sueño) are being published in simultaneous Spanish-language editions. |
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|  Dragons & More | SF/Fantasy/Horror Previews October sf/fantasy/horror revels in new beginnings—Anne McCaffrey’s daughter Gigi relaunches the “Dragonriders of Pern” series with Dragon’s Code—and slam-bang endings—Vic James’s “Dark Gifts” series, Jay Kristoff’s “Nevernight” series, and Rachel Vincent’s “Menagerie” are all wrapping up. |
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|  Current Concerns | Nonfiction Previews Fall nonfiction focuses on American divisiveness (Ben Bradlee Jr.’s The Forgotten, Steve Kornacki’s The Red and the Blue, and Ben Sasse’s Them), world divisiveness (Lynsey Addario’s Of Love & War, Kamel Daoud’s Chroniques, and Tim Marshall’s The Age of Walls), and African American issues (Jabari Asim’s We Can’t Breathe, Leah Daughtry’s For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics, Courtney Hargrave’s Burden, and RJ Young’s Let It Bang). |
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| | | |  Engagement Marketing: Put Your Library’s Story to Work Telling your library’s story is a powerful way to engage your audiences and demonstrate impact. Learn how to tell your library’s story and effectively use social media, innovative tech tools, and crucial partnerships to move your library’s marketing strategy from promotion to engagement in this multi-week online course—May 16 & 30, 2018. |
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|  Job Zone utilizes unique job matching technology to help you find the perfect job (and employers find the perfect candidate), whether you’re actively seeking or just keeping an eye out for your possibilities. Log on today and check out our newest features, including automated job and candidate matches, and email alerts. JOB OF THE WEEK Princeton University Library is seeking a Social Sciences Data and Sociology Librarian |
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