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Celebrating Women's History Month

Continuing to celebrate the literary theme and Women's History Month, let's talk about a different form of ghostwriting. A story written last December...

Celebrating Women's History Month

Continuing the celebration of Women's History Month, and the literary theme, we now celebrate two writers, Harriet Beecher Stower and George Eliot...

Celebrating Women's History Month

It's March and we're celebrating Women's History Month! In 1980, President Jimmy Carter declared the second week in March to be National Women's...

Student Book Club

St. Andrew's has a book club!
It all started rather organically when two students who discovered they share the love of reading (Spencer McKenzie '20...

Celebrating Black History Month

Continuing to bring awareness to prominent stories, Black History Month provides the perfect time to reflect on the hardships the black community has...

All Things February

Another night of fun happened in the library this month. The Irene hosted a night of trivia with questions relevant to all things February. Emceed by...

Celebrating Black History Month

As we continue to celebrate Black History Month, it is important to read not only the great accomplishments but also the horrific hardships the black...

Celebrating Black History Month

Black History Month continues and the focus is now on Septima Poinsette Clark, and an article written by Erin Blakemore. Clark is known as the "queen...

Celebrating Black History Month

Continuing to honor Black History Month, we focus today on a story by Matthew Wills. He writes about Shirley Chisholm and the significance of her run...

Celebrating Black History Month

Continuing to honor Black History Month, we share The Story of Juneteenth. JSTOR editor, Lynn Brown, writes about the history of this celebration...

Celebrating Black History Month

To honor Black History Month, JSTOR Daily editors are picking their favorite stories and publishing on their website for all to read. The content is...

Happy 2019!

How many of us make New Year's resolutions only to have them go by the wayside within a short period of time? Librarian's assistant, Jenn Wilson '03...

What We're Listening To

The Irene duPont Library is always deeply interested in what people are reading, but our interests are diverse. Prompted by Kristin Honsel, the...

Featured Subscription

Did you know that you can read The Economist from the comfort of your dorm room, your office, or while working out in the gym? Well, you can! As long...

Featured Book

This month we are featuring the debut novel written by Tommy Orange, There, There. (The book takes its title from Gertrude Stein's line about Oakland...