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Introducing Resource Take-Home bags!

In the past we have offered a service to teachers and day care organizations called a Resource Tote but we’ve recently revamped and expanded this service to include families!

With our Resource Take-Home Bags you can fill out a form describing what types of books you’re looking for and when you’d like them ready by.

Once the form is filled out, our staff will select some books fitting your request saving you from spending time browsing!

All you’ll have to do is come into the Children’s Room to pick them up or call us for a Curbside pickup!

Call the library at (315) 331-4370 or stop in if you have any questions.

Click Here to Fill Out A Request Form

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Book Club Discussion: Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry, Edited by Camille T. Dungy

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Saturday October 17th 10:30- 12:00

You are cordially invited to our second book discussion! This event will take place virtually via Zoom. You can join by phone, computer, or both. An invitation link to join the meeting will be emailed to you the day before the event.

Come explore the intersections of race and environment in “Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry, Edited by Camille T. Dungy.

Black poets have a long tradition of incorporating treatments of the natural world into their work; yet our national heritage is informed by paintings of a lone white male naturalist explorer standing on a cliff ledge, the wilderness before him, who gets to quantify and catalogue the wild environment according to his worldview. At best, marginalized peoples are depicted as disenfranchised “exotic” assistants relegated to the edge of the picture or in their assigned “roles” as slaves or “savages.” In this community discussion, we’ll explore gorgeous nature writings about the pastoral and the wild.

Included are poets writing out of slavery, Reconstruction, the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts Movement, and late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century African American poetic movements. Join us!

A packet of selections from the anthology will be available online and at Newark Library. The book is available to borrow through Newark Public Library. It’s also available through Amazon, and Barnes and Noble. 

Newark Public Library brings Alliance Book Club discussions / community conversations to you in conjunction with Wayne Action for Racial Equality. For more information, call (315) 331-4370.

Participants are asked to register using the link above.

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Students in the Library

Now that school is starting back up, we want to support students in any way that we safely can while keeping the health and safety of everyone, including staff, in mind.

Students will have the opportunity to stay at the library longer than 30 minutes if they are actively engaged in schoolwork.

Of course, students will be required to wear masks (covering mouth and nose) at all times and all students entering and staying in either the teen or children’s room will have to have their temperature taken and will be asked COVID screening questions.

The length of time allowed is subject to change and will depend on demand.

In addition to free WiFi, one computer is available in the Teen Room for students to use for schoolwork.

Feel free to call the library at (315) 331-4370 with any questions.

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Virtual Library Events!

Have you been itching for something to do? Do you miss all the wonderful activities we used to have? Then check out our VIRTUAL EVENTS! We are finally getting back into the swing of things so be sure to check our Facebook page or Event Calendar to see what fun and virtual things we’re doing!

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Introducing Hoopla!

Have you used Owwl2Go but wished it had more variety? Wish you had Netflix or some other streaming service but didn’t have to pay? Then sign up and download hoopla!

It’s very similar to Libby/Owwl2Go but hoopla also offers music, movies, and tv shows in addition to ebooks, audiobooks, and comics. With hoopla there’s no waiting for something to be available and you can use hoopla on any device, even your TV!

To sign up all you need is your library card and a valid email address. If you need help or have any questions don’t be afraid to stop in and speak with us or give us a call at (315) 331-4370.

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The N Word: A Book Discussion and Community Conversation

Register at: https://forms.gle/BjfZiB3cQyxipj4W7

You are invited to the first of a series of bi-monthly community conversations/book club discussions beginning Monday, August 10th from 5:30 to 7:00 PM. This series will take place virtually via Zoom. You can join by phone or computer or both. An invitation link to join the meeting will be emailed to you as the date approaches.

We’ll explore “The N Word: Who can say it, who shouldn’t, and why” by Jabari Asim.

One word – the “N” word – has both reflected and spread the scourge of bigotry in America over the four hundred years since it was first spoken on our shores. Learn the untold history of this word. What began as false generalizations became institutionalized in every corner of our society: the arts and sciences, sports, the law, and on the streets. Even used by hipsters and hip-hop icons today, the word has a charged history.

Jabari Asim has been described as one of the most influential African American literary critics of his generation. He was the editor-in-chief of Crisis magazine—the NAACP’s flagship journal — and was an editor at The Washington Post. His writing has appeared in Essence, Salon, the Los Angeles Times, the Village Voice, the Hungry Mind Review, Emerge, and elsewhere. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in Creative Arts and is the author of six books for adults and nine books for children. His most recent works are “We Can’t Breathe,” “A Child’s Introduction to African American History,” and “Brother Nat.”
Asim lives in Boston, Massachusetts, where he is an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Department of Writing, Literature, and Publishing at Emerson College.

Join us for a book discussion on this most important subject.
A limited number of copies are available to borrow through Newark Public Library. It’s also available through Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

Facilitated by Celeste Schantz, MS Ed, a reading and discussion program coordinator at Newark Public Library.
Participants are asked to register using the link above.
These Community Conversations are brought to you by Newark Public Library in conjunction with Wayne Action for Racial Equality. For more information, call (315) 331-4370.