Literature

Glissant and the Middle Passage Philosophy, Beginning, Abyss John E. Drabinski 2019 Spring

A reevaluation of Édouard Glissant that centers on the catastrophe of the Middle Passage and creates deep, original theories of trauma and Caribbeanness

The Collected Poems of Édouard Glissant Édouard Glissant Jeff Humphries, Editor 2019 Spring

The complete poems of the finalist for the Nobel Prize in Literature—now in paper

Clearing Out A Novel Helene Uri 2019 Spring

In a masterful blend of fiction and autobiography, a Norwegian novelist sends her character to the far north to learn what she can about their Sami ancestry

Playing with the Book Victorian Movable Picture Books and the Child Reader Hannah Field 2019 Spring

A beautifully illustrated exploration of how Victorian novelty picture books reshape the ways children read and interact with texts

Magical Realism for Non-Believers A Memoir of Finding Family Anika Fajardo 2019 Spring

A young woman from Minnesota searches out the Colombian father she’s never known in this powerful exploration of what family really means

The Clue in the Trees An Enchantment Lake Mystery Margi Preus 2019 Spring

Francie returns to Enchantment Lake looking for answers, only to get dragged into a murder mystery she might not survive

In the Night of Memory A Novel Linda LeGarde Grover 2019 Spring

Two lost sisters find family, and themselves, among the voices of an Ojibwe reservation

The Lost Forest Phyllis Root 2019 Spring

The story of a forest “lost” by a surveying error—and all the flora and fauna to be found there

Chronicles of a Radical Hag (with Recipes) A Novel Lorna Landvik 2019 Spring

A bittersweet, seriously funny novel of a life, a small town, and a key to our troubled times traced through a newspaper columnist’s half-century of taking in, and taking on, the world

The Devil’s Wedding Ring Vidar Sundstøl 2019 Spring

A mysterious disappearance at a 13th-century church in his native Norway draws detective Max Fjellanger into an old case—and a world of ancient ritual, superstition, and present-day danger

Whatever Normal Is Jane St. Anthony 2019 Spring

In the fourth volume of a series set in Minneapolis in the 1960s, three friends navigate relationships and new questions about love and identity

Reading for Reform The Social Work of Literature in the Progressive Era Laura R. Fisher 2019 Spring

An unprecedented examination of class-bridging reform and U.S. literary history at the turn of the twentieth century

No Horizon Is So Far Two Women and Their Historic Journey across Antarctica Liv Arnesen and Ann Bancroft 2019 Spring

The extraordinary story of the first two women to cross Antarctica

The ABC of It Why Children’s Books Matter Leonard S. Marcus and Leonard S. Marcus 2019 Spring

Original artwork and materials explore children’s literature and its impact in society and culture over time

Bim, Bam, Bop . . . and Oona Jacqueline Briggs Martin 2019 Spring

An irresistible read-aloud picture book, in which a little odd-duck-out discovers her unique strengths

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