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Queer Past, Queer Future

Alumni Jennifer Boylan ’80 and Alexander Chee ’89 read recent work, discuss queer lives and storytelling, and share their own experiences as LGBT writers at Wesleyan.

Jennifer Boylan, a professor at Barnard College, is the author of 15 books, including She’s Not There, the first bestselling work by a transgender American, and I’m Looking Through You, which contains a chapter on Wesleyan. She is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times and currently serves as the national co-chair of GLAAD, the media advocacy nonprofit for LGBTQ people. Her new novel, Long Black Veil, is forthcoming in April 2017.

Alexander Chee teaches fiction writing and the essay at Dartmouth College. He is the author of the novels Edinburgh (Welcome Rain, 2001; Picador, 2002) and The Queen of the Night (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016). Edinburgh, which partly takes place at Wesleyan, won the Iowa Writers’ Workshop’s Michener Copernicus Prize in Fiction, the Lambda Literary Foundation’s Editor’s Choice Prize, and the Asian American Writers’ Workshop Literary Award.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Wesleyan Library with support from Academic Affairs.

Date: Friday, March 3rd
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Place: Smith Reading Room, 1st floor Olin Library

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Apply for the Friends of the Wesleyan Library Undergraduate Research Prize

"Portrait of clever student with open book reading it in college library"

“Portrait of clever student with open book reading it in college library”

For all you avid researchers:

The Friends of the Wesleyan Library are happy to announce the launch of an undergraduate research prize. The research project, widely conceived, can be from any undergraduate course taken in Spring 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2016, or Winter 2017 from currently enrolled Wesleyan students. Honors theses are not eligible.

Projects will be evaluated based on the use of Wesleyan’s library collections and resources as well as on the quality of writing and research. We are particularly interested in receiving applications that show evidence of learning about research techniques and the information-gathering process itself.

There will be two cash awards: a 1st-place prize worth $500 and a 2nd-place prize worth $250.

Instructors and librarians are encouraged to nominate students’ work; students may also self-nominate. Please send nominations to: libfriends[at]wesleyan[dot]edu.

All materials must be submitted electronically, preferably as PDF files. Applications will include:

1)      Application form: https://tinyurl.com/WesLibFriendsPrize
2)      Statement on the use of the Wesleyan libraries (maximum 600 words)
3)      Paper/Project
4)      Bibliography

The jury will be comprised of members of the Friends of Wesleyan Library board, Wesleyan librarians, and Wesleyan faculty from Arts & Humanities, Social & Behavioral Sciences, and Natural Sciences & Mathematics.

Awards will be announced in April 2017. For inquiries, contact the Friends of Wesleyan Library, at libfriends[at]wesleyan[dot]edu.

Application Deadline: Friday, March 10 at 5 PM

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Artist talk by Nancy Ottmann Albert – “Documents in Black and White”

hillcrest-orchardsNancy Ottmann Albert (MALS ’94) will speak about her photographic exhibition “Documents in Black and White,” currently on display in the Special Collections & Archives exhibit cases. The works are selected from the Nancy Ottmann Albert Collection, which she recently donated to Wesleyan, and span the thirty years she spent documenting New England’s built environment. In 1981, inspired by Walker Evans and the FSA photographers, Albert began to photograph textile mills and industrial sites throughout New England. She returned over the years to record their decline and disappearance, shooting black and white film in a medium format camera. Further exploration led her to seek out other endangered structures and landscapes. These include mental institutions emptied by changing philosophies of treatment and a commissioned study of Long River Village, Middletown’s oldest housing project, prior to its demolition. The exhibition also contains images of roadside and urban vernacular architecture; barns and abandoned homesteads; filling stations; drive-in theaters. All of the work, which includes gelatin silver photographs, was printed by the artist. The exhibition will be open through Friday, December 16, 2016.

The talk and event are free and open to the public. Co-sponsored by Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan Library, and the Friends of the Wesleyan Library. For more information, email libfriends[at]wesleyan[dot]edu.

Date: Friday, October 28
Time: 7:00 PM
Place: Develin Room, 2nd floor, Olin Library

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Friends of the Wesleyan Library Annual Book Sale

friends of library book saleFrom the Friends of the Wesleyan Library:

4000+ academic & popular books. Most priced $1-$5. Special books $10+. Cash and checks accepted. Bring your friends and family! (Remaining books will be sold for the bargain price of $7/box or .50 each on Sunday, October 30.)

We’re looking for 3-4 student volunteers to help set up Saturday from 8-10 a.m. You’d be first in line for the sale! We could also use volunteers throughout the day. Please contact us if you are available.

For more information or to volunteer, email libfriends[at]wesleyan[dot]edu.

Date: Saturday, October 29
Time: 10 AM – 4 pM
Place: Lobby, Olin Memorial Library

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A World in the Palm of Your Hand: The Art of Miniature Books

miniature books posterFrom Special Collections and the Friends of the Wesleyan Library:

On Thursday, April 14th at 7:00 pm, Jim Brogan, Vice President of the Miniature Book Society, will speak about the history and making of miniature books in a talk entitled “A Collection in a Shoebox.” Also on the 14th, there will be an open house in Special Collections & Archives featuring miniature treasures from Wesleyan’s collection from 6:30-7:00 pm and 8:00-8:30 pm. A traveling exhibit from the Miniature Book Society showcasing modern and historic examples of the art form will be on display in Olin Lobby from now until May 24th.

For more information, email libfriends(at)wesleyan(dot)edu or click here. All events are free and open to the public.

Date: TODAY
Time of Talk: 7-8:30 PM
Place: Develin Room, 2nd floor, Olin Library

(open houses in Special Collections, 6:30-7 PM and 8-8:30 PM)

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Passion and Power, Prints and Text: German Books in the Age of Dürer

sca thingFrom the Friends of the Wesleyan Library:

Open house in Special Collections & Archives, Olin Library

German artists in the age of Dürer disseminated their images through a variety of means, including as illustrations in books and pamphlets. Examples of the interplay of text and image will be available for browsing. This open house is presented in conjunction with Passion and Power: German Prints in the Age of Dürer, on view at the Davison Art Center (2/5-3/3/16).

Date: Thursday, February 18
Time: 12-2 PM
Place: Davison Rare Book Room, Special Collections & Archives (first floor of Olin)

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Accepting Book Donations

From Jennifer Hadley:

Done with your books and don’t want to pack them? We’ll help them find good homes. Please consider donating them to the Friends of the Wesleyan Library for our ongoing book sale. You can leave the books in the donation bins in Olin Lobby or Science Library Lobby. All proceeds help support library events and special projects. Thank you, and have a good winter break!

Date: Today, December 16th through December 23rd
Time: Ends at 5:00 PM on the 23rd
Place: Olin and SciLi Lobbies 

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Olin Library Book Sale

book saleFrom the Friends of the Wesleyan Library:

Don’t miss the Annual Library Book Sale!

3500+ academic and popular books for sale. Most priced $1-$2. Better books $5-$10+. Strong in art, history, Russian history, psychology, religion, popular fiction, German and Russian language, some baseball.

SPECIALS SALE: Selected special books will be available for viewing and purchase from 12 noon – 1 pm and 3 – 4 pm in the Develin Room (2nd floor Olin), first come, first served. Visit www.wesleyan.edu/libr/friends/events.html to see the specials list with photographs of some items.

If your family and friends are visiting, this is a good afternoon activity, and also a good chance to do early holiday shopping. For more information or to volunteer, email libfriends[at]wesleyan[dot]edu.

Not able to make it on November 7? As usual, some of the remainder books will be available for sale in the lobby on Sunday, November 8 at $7 per box or .50 each. All proceeds benefit the library.

Date: Saturday, November 7
Time: 10 AM – 4 PM
Place: Olin Lobby
Cost: Most books $1-$5 (cash and checks accepted)

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Constitution Day Lecture: “Birthright Citizenship on Trial: Immigration and Indigeneity” — by Bethany Berger ’90

bethany bergerFrom the Friends of the Wesleyan Library:

Egged on by Donald Trump, the majority of Republican candidates have supported ending birthright citizenship. This talk looks at this fourteenth amendment right, its constitutional origins, and the different things it meant for American Indians and immigrants.

Bethany Berger is the Thomas F. Gallivan, Jr. Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law. She graduated from Wesleyan in 1990 with a major in Government, and from Yale Law School in 1996. After law school, she became the director of the Native American Youth Law Project at DNA-Peoples Legal Services, which serves the Navajo and Hopi reservations, and later the Managing Attorney at Advocates for Children of New York. She is a co-author and member of the Editorial Board of Felix S. Cohen’s Handbook of Federal Indian Law, the foundational treatise in the field, and co-author of leading casebooks in American Indian Law and in Property Law. Her articles on legal history, race, gender, and jurisdiction in federal Indian law have been cited in testimony to Congress and several briefs to the Supreme Court. She has also served as a judge for the Southwest Intertribal Court of Appeals and as a Visiting Professor at Harvard and the University of Michigan.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Wesleyan Library. For more information, email libfriends[at]wesleyan[dot]edu.

Date: Thursday, September 17
Time: 7-8:30 PM
Place: Smith Reading Room, 1st floor in Olin

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Reception for “Night Flying” and reading by author Joy Christine Mlozanowski

NightFlyingCoverFrom the Friends of the Wesleyan Library:

NIGHT FLYING weaves a journey of difficult and life-changing choices with a narrative of love, understanding and hope. In her diary, Mae questions God as she and her husband receive heartbreaking news about her pregnancy, and agonize over the decisions they face. Needing time away to think, she visits her childhood home and reconnects with Will, a deaf friend who taught her to sign when they were young. After her visit, Mae and Will continue an intimate written exchange in which she confides her despair, while Will shares his own struggle to honor his dying father’s wishes, and reconcile his mother’s reluctance to let go.

Joy Mlozanowski is a writer, artist, and a transpersonal hypnotherapist with an interest in expressive arts. She holds an MFA in creative writing and is a member of the Olin Library staff.

Date: Tuesday, April 28
Time: 5:15-6:15 PM
Place: Develin Room, 2nd floor, Olin Library