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The World in Our Stacks
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By J. Harold
This new feature will link items in the news to various books, authors, and subjects that our NOVA libraries own. Take a look at the ways the world shows up in our stacks!
ALA released their 2023 lists of best graphic novels for adults and children on Monday, 12 February 2024. Currently, the libraries have ten adult fiction titles and three adult non-fiction titles that appear in the lists.
Ellen Louise Gilchrist (February 20, 1935-January 30, 2024), a National Book Award winner, was an American novelist, short story writer, as well as a poet. "Droll writer whose stories captured the South, independent-minded women"-- The Washington Post. The libraries have two titles by her, as well as two books about her.
James Reston Jr. (March 8, 1941-July 19, 2023) was an American journalist as well as an author of political and historical fiction and non-fiction. "A nonfiction writer with a novelist's sensibility"--The Washington Post. The libraries have five titles by him.
Edward Jay Epstein (December 6, 1935-January 9, 2024) was an American investigative journalist and a political science professor at three major universities. "Reporter probed established narratives"--The Washington Post. We have two titles by him, including one on Edward Snowden.
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