Beyond the Land Acknowledgement

real lit land acknowledgement by UW Tacoma Library This project was created as a result of conversations following the practice of reading a land acknowledgement at the beginning of Real Lit[erature] book club meetings. In the wake of these acknowledgements, there was a continual sense of a conversation started but never finished. Our group wanted Read More…

Real Lit Reads Transmogrify! – Register now!

To register for Summer Quarter 2024: Sign Up Here! In collaboration with the Center for Equity and Inclusion, the UW Tacoma Library is ecstatic to announce that our award-winning social justice book club, Real Lit[erature], will be reading Transmogrify!: 14 Fantastical Tales of Trans Magic edited by g. haron davis for Summer Quarter 2024! This Read More…

Icarus: RealLit Spring 2024 in Review

Real Lit is a book club put on by the University of Washington, Tacoma once a quarter and focuses on Young Adult fiction centering diverse perspectives, protagonists, and stories. During Spring term, the group read Icarus by K. Ancrum. If your heart sped up and images of smoke and wings and unforgiving ocean waves flashed Read More…

Real Lit Reads Icarus – Register now!

To register for Spring Quarter 2024: Sign Up Here! In collaboration with the Center for Equity and Inclusion, the UW Tacoma Library is elated to announce that our award-winning social justice book club, Real Lit[erature], will be reading Icarus by K. Ancrum for Spring Quarter 2024!  In keeping with the diverse genres we’ve explored so Read More…

Hugo Award Winning Author Sarah Gailey in Conversation with Real Lit

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…