Happy Pride Month! June marks the beginning of a month long celebration of LGBTQIA+ individuals, their accomplishments, and identities. But, did you know why Pride happens in June? Be sure to check out these books covering Queer history and events to better understand how the fight for human rights regardless of identity or orientation continues…
From June 1 through the 30, we will be displaying artwork by Sarah Scott. Sarah Scott was born and raised in Aotearoa, New Zealand, but moved to the United States in 2002. She is a self-taught watercolourist who participates yearly in the arts festival tent circuit, mostly exhibiting in art events in Southern USA. She has…
May is Jewish American Heritage Month! Celebrate by checking out some books from the Homewood Public Library. For more information, look at the primary Jewish American Heritage website and the National Museum of American Jewish History. Fiction: Two She-Bears, Meir Shalev – In the year 1930 three farmers committed suicide here . . . but…
The earth sign Taurus is ruled by the planet Venus and represented by, you guessed it, the bull. Taurus are typically dependable, affectionate, patient and stubborn people. A great strength of Taurus signs is their ability to be both immovable object and irresistible force. What they choose to do, they will do but they cannot…
Irish novelist, Sally Rooney, has established herself on page and screen. Her novel Normal People became an overwhelming success after being adapted into a mini-series. Now Rooney’s first novel, Conversations with Friends, is following suit. If you are excited to binge this new mini-series or if you cannot get enough of Rooney’s emotional romances, check…
Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Makes Us Whole In her new masterpiece, the author of the bestselling phenomenon Quiet reveals the power of a bittersweet outlook on life, and why we’ve been so blind to its value. With Quiet, Susan Cain urged our society to cultivate space for the undervalued, indispensable introverts among us, thereby revealing an untapped…
