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…
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Library Happenings: A Summer 2020 Overview
This (distanced and strange and smoky) summer has been busy at the UW Tacoma Library. We’ve published regularly and frequently on our blog about all our work, but want to collate all our activities here, in case you missed a post! Most of all: we remain committed to working with students, faculty and staff, during Read More…
Real Lit: Sign up for Slay!
Real Lit Remote, Fall Quarter 2020! Build community, reduce isolation and enhance campus education by joinging a peer-based book club! The UW Tacoma Library, in collaboration with the Center for Equity and Inclusion, is pleased to announce that its award-winning social justice book club, Real Lit[erature], will meet remotely again this Fall! The goals of Read More…
Team of the Year Award!
Congratulations to The Real Lit[erature] Team for winning the UW Tacoma Staff Association Team of the Year Award! And many, many thanks to the UW Tacoma Staff Association for recognizing this Team. We are honored, humbled, and delighted. Created by a collaboration between the UWT Library and the Center for Equity and Inclusion, RealLit was Read More…
Real Lit Remote, Summer Edition: Fresh Ink
Real Lit Remote, Summer Session! The UW Tacoma Library, in collaboration with the Center for Equity and Inclusion, is pleased to announce that its social justice book club, Real Lit[erature], will meet remotely this summer for the very first time! Now, more than ever, we understand the importance of the community building function of the Read More…
Library Happenings: April 2020
All campus buildings may be closed but the Library continues to serve the UW Tacoma community. Over the past month and more, Library staff have rapidly adjusted library services to help faculty and students transition to fully remote learning. We’ve done this while learning ourselves how to better use digital tools for telework. I am Read More…
Real Lit Remote: Taking our Book Club Online
Drumroll: meet Real Lit Remote! The UW Tacoma Library, in collaboration with the Center for Equity and Inclusion, is taking its social justice book club, Real Lit[erature], online! The goals of Real Lit have always been to create a greater awareness and discussion of the experiences that are being had by our students, staff, and Read More…
Filipino-American novel for Real Lit[erature] Book Club, Spring Quarter 2020
Real Lit[erature] 2020 is reading Patron Saints of Nothing! Get a free book! Discuss with peers, faculty, and staff! Real Lit[erature] — UW Tacoma’s fiction based book club co-created by the UW Tacoma Library and the Center for Equity and Inclusion — will have its next sessions Spring Quarter 2020, and you won’t want to Read More…
Library Happenings: February 2020
In December 2019, I stepped into the role of Interim Director of the UW Tacoma Library and Interim Associate Dean of the UW Libraries. One of the perks of my new job is that I get to learn about amazing work happening across the Library and see the ways that Library staff, spaces, events, Read More…
Skyping with Award-Winning author Elizabeth Acevedo
In the literature and library worlds, we so often speak about representation: that seeing something that reflects your own, lived, intersectional experiences matters. Books are described as mirrors or windows to understand and learn and feel seen. We were able to see the genuine value and beauty of representation during our most recent Real Lit[erature] Read More…