Books

Waterfall: A Novel Waterfall A Novel Mary Casanova 2022 Fall
Trinity Baird’s hope for independence is tenuous, especially when her family has the final say—and the power to lock her away
Waterfowl in Winter Waterfowl in Winter Milton W. Weller, Editor 1988 Fall
Watershed: Attending to Body and Earth in Distress Watershed Attending to Body and Earth in Distress Ranae Lenor Hanson 2021 Spring
A personal health crisis, stories from environmental refugees, and our climate in danger prompt a meditation on intimate connections between the health of the body and the health of the ecosystem
Waves of Protest: Popular Struggle in El Salvador, 1925–2005 Waves of Protest Popular Struggle in El Salvador, 1925–2005 Paul D. Almeida 2008 Spring
A groundbreaking study of protest movements in El Salvador
Waxworks: A Cultural Obsession Waxworks A Cultural Obsession Michelle E. Bloom 2003 Spring
A provocative and wide-ranging exploration of wax as cultural metaphor
We Are All Moors: Ending Centuries of Crusades against Muslims and Other Minorities We Are All Moors Ending Centuries of Crusades against Muslims and Other Minorities Anouar Majid 2012 Spring
An alternate history of xenophobia and how we must overcome it together
We Are Meant to Rise: Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World We Are Meant to Rise Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World Carolyn Holbrook and David Mura, Editors 2021 Fall
A brilliant and rich gathering of voices on the American experience of this past year and beyond, from Indigenous writers and writers of color from Minnesota
We Know How This Ends: Living while Dying We Know How This Ends Living while Dying Bruce H. Kramer 2017 Fall
Surprising lessons in finding joy and personal growth in the last months of life
We Miss You, George Floyd We Miss You, George Floyd Shannon Gibney 2024 Fall
A young Black girl in Minneapolis grapples with the death of George Floyd
We’ll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down: Memoir of a Gravedigger’s Daughter We’ll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down Memoir of a Gravedigger’s Daughter Rachael Hanel 2013 Spring
Growing up among cemeteries and finding faith and resilience amid sorrowful loss
We’re Gonna Win, Twins! We’re Gonna Win, Twins! Doug Grow 2010 Spring
From open air to the Dome to blue sky again in 2010, a half century of Twins baseball
Webbed Connectivities: The Imperial Sociology of Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Webbed Connectivities The Imperial Sociology of Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Vrushali Patil 2022 Fall
Constructing a new approach for centering empire in productions of racialized, gendered, and sexualized difference
Weekly Newspaper Makeup and Typography Weekly Newspaper Makeup and Typography Thomas F. Barnhart None None
Weisman Art Museum: The Collection Weisman Art Museum The Collection Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum 2004 Spring
An impressive, beautifully designed review of the significant art collection of the University of Minnesota
Welfare Welfare Norman P. Barry 1998 Fall
A look at the most controversial concept in social theory.
West of Center: Art and the Counterculture Experiment in America, 1965–1977 West of Center Art and the Counterculture Experiment in America, 1965–1977 Elissa Auther and Adam Lerner, Editors 2011 Fall
Recovering the art and lifestyle of the counterculture in the American West in the 1960s and ’70s
Western Stock Ranching Western Stock Ranching Mont H. Saunderson None None
Westhope: Life as a Former Farm Boy Westhope Life as a Former Farm Boy Dean Hulse 2009 Spring
An evocative and inspiring memoir of a vibrant rural North Dakota
Wetwares: Experiments in Postvital Living Wetwares Experiments in Postvital Living Richard Doyle 2003 Spring
A dizzying tour of the ways technologies, both real and imagined, can transform humanity
Whale! Whale! Kim Evans 2003 Fall
An entirely fresh approach to Moby Dick, by way of Ludwig Wittgenstein