Real Lit[erature] is grounded on community building through conversation. Its goal is to create a greater awareness and discussion of the experiences that are being had by our students, staff, and community members. By interacting with fiction narratives that reflect different experiences, it provides opportunities to dialogue with peers about shared and disparate experiences. Additional Read More…
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Real Lit Author Talk: Zeyn Joukhadar’s and The Map of Salt and Stars
We are so excited to share our good news! The UW Tacoma Center for Equity and Inclusion (CEI) and UW Tacoma Library’s Real Lit[erature]: Reading for Social Justice will be hosting a author talk with Zeyn Joukhadar on Thursday, June 1st, 2023, via Zoom. Staff, faculty, and students from all three campuses AND community members Read More…
Real Lit hosts author Racquel Marie via Zoom!
The Center for Equity and Inclusion (CEI) and UW Tacoma Library Real Lit[erature]: Reading for Social Justice co-founders are excited to announce an Author Talk with Racquel Marie on Thursday, August 25th, 2022, via Zoom. Racquel Marie’s novel Ophelia After All is her debut book. Racquel Marie’s work explores queer youth Latine identity through moments Read More…
Real Lit: Author Talk with Crystal Maldonado
The Center for Equity and Inclusion (CEI) and UW Tacoma Library Real Lit[erature]: Reading for Social Justice co-founders are excited to announce an Author Talk with Crystal Maldonado on Thursday, March 10, 2022 via Zoom. Crystal Maldonado is the award-winning author of Fat Chance, Charlie Vega, and most recently, No Filter and Other Lies. Crystal Read More…
Save the Date: Real Lit Author Zoom Talk with Mason Deaver!
The Center for Equity and Inclusion and the UW Tacoma Library — co-founders of Real Lit[erature]: Reading for Social Justice — are thrilled to announce an author talk May 27th, 2021, with award-nominated and bestselling author and designer Mason Deaver, author of I Wish You All the Best. Deaver will talk about their novel and Read More…
Real Lit Author Talk with Filipino-American Randy Ribay!
The Center for Equity and Inclusion and the UW Tacoma Library — co-founders of Real Lit[erature]: Reading for Social Justice — are thrilled to announce an author talk Tuesday, March 9th, with National Book Award finalist Randy Ribay, author of Patron Saints of Nothing. ALL ARE WELCOME: students, faculty, staff from all three campuses, and Read More…
Award-Winning Author Talk with Brittney Morris
The Center for Equity and Inclusion and the UW Tacoma Library — co-founders of Real Lit[erature]: Reading for Social Justice — are thrilled to announce an author talk NEXT TUESDAY with award-winning author Brittney Morris. Please register to attend the author talk with Brittney Morris. Tuesday, 10/27, 12:30-1:20 PM PST via Zoom. Ms. Morris will Read More…
Author Talk with Dra. Chang about Hyperdocumentation
Staff Reads, UW Tacoma’s non-fiction staff book club funded by the Staff Association, has been reading and discussing Dra. Aurora Chang’s book, The Struggles of Identity, Education and Agency in Undocumented Students’ Lives: The Burden of Hyperdocumentation (2018) during Summer Quarter 2020. We are thrilled to announce that the Center for Student Involvement, the Center Read More…
Skype with the author: Adib Khorram, author of Darius the Great is Not Okay
The UW Tacoma Library and the Center for Equity and Inclusion are delighted to announce that we are bringing another Real Lit[erature] Author Talk to our campus! Last quarter we skyped with Dashka Slater, author of The 57 Bus. In the autumn we skyped with Angie Thomas. This quarter, all are welcome for a one hour Q&A Read More…
Save the Date: Real Lit[erature] Author Talk!
Save the Date! The UW Tacoma Library and the Center for Equity and Inclusion are delighted to announce that we are bringing another Real Lit[erature] Author Talk to our campus! Last quarter we skyped with Angie Thomas. This quarter, all are welcome for a thirty minute Q&A conversation with Dashka Slater, author of The 57 Bus. The Read More…