Adult Non-Fiction



Black Women, Ivory Tower: Revealing the Lies of White Supremacy in American Education

by Jasmine L Harris

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Black women are heading to college in record numbers, and more and more Black women are teaching in higher education. But increasing numbers in college don't guarantee our safety there. Willpower and grit may improve achievement for Black people in school, but they don't secure our belonging. In fact, the very structure of higher education ensures that we're treated as guests, outsiders to the institutional family--outnumbered and unwelcome.

Dr. Jasmine Harris shares her own experiences attempting to be a Vassar girl and reckoning with a lack of legacy and agency. Moving beyond the "data points", Dr. Harris examines the day-to-day impacts on Black women as individuals, the longer-term consequences to our professional lives, and the generational costs to our entire families.

"I want to arm as many Black girls and women as I can with the knowledge about these spaces that I lacked," says Dr. Harris. "By laying bare my own traumas, and those of Black women before me, I am providing them the tools to protect themselves, with an understanding of how deliberately many institutions will try to undercut them."

Trial and error has been required of Black students to navigate systems of discrimination and disadvantage. But this book now offers useful support, illuminating the community of Black women dealing with similar issues. The author's story is not unusual, nor are her interactions anomalies. Black Women, Ivory Tower explores why.

Middle Grade Fiction

Amil and the After

by Veera Hiranandani

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At the turn of the new year in 1948, Amil and his family are trying to make a home in India, now independent of British rule.

Both Muslim and Hindu, twelve-year-old Amil is not sure what home means anymore. The memory of the long and difficult journey from their hometown in what is now Pakistan lives with him. And despite having an apartment in Bombay to live in and a school to attend, life in India feels uncertain.

Nisha, his twin sister, suggests that Amil begin to tell his story through drawings meant for their mother, who died when they were just babies. Through Amil, readers witness the unwavering spirit of a young boy trying to make sense of a chaotic world, and find hope for himself and a newly reborn nation.

Sweet 60 and Up!



We have had so much fun and were so excited to discover we had enough money from our grant to have one last Sweet 60 and Up! program this spring! Join us on Friday, March 22nd, the exact time will be announced as we get closer to the date. We will have a craft, games, a book talk and a baking project. We will also have live music. Put it on your calendar and we will have more details soon.

Tech Explorers: Bristle Bots



We invite 3rd-5th grade and 6th-8th grade students to join us for a morning of fun with technology. There is no school on this Friday before Easter in the Homer School District. We will be making bristle bots from toothbrushes. After making our bots we will test them, race them and see what we can do to perfect them. The two age groups will work in separate areas but come together at the end to show their finished projects. Registration is required: [email protected]