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…
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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…
20th Real Lit Read: When We Were Magic – Register Now!
To register for Winter Quarter 2024: Sign Up Here! In collaboration with the Center for Equity and Inclusion, the UW Tacoma Library is thrilled to announce that we will be reading When We Were Magic, by Sarah Gailey, for Winter Quarter 2024! This is the 20th book for our award-winning social justice book club, Real Read More…
Real Lit Reads The Shadow Sister – Register now!
To register for Autumn Quarter 2023: Sign Up Here! 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 be reading The Shadow Sister, by Lily Meade, for Autumn Quarter 2023! This is the 19th book we have Read More…
Black Lives Matter Collective Storytelling Project
“It has been our privilege to see how the power of creative expression can be an opportunity for transformation and liberation.” This is how professors Sonia De La Cruz and Tanya Grace Velasquez end their introductory note to the collaborative, cross-course student project, Black Lives Matter Collective Storytelling Project. This project, a collaboration between Read More…
Five ways to celebrate Open Education Week at UW Tacoma
Happy Open Education Week, friends! Open Education Week (March 2 – 6, 2020) is an annual, global event focused on raising awareness about open education. The open education movement works toward a world where all people can access, share, and contribute to human knowledge regardless of their income, geographic location, or other potential barriers. According Read More…
Telling Our Stories: Student Experiences at UW Tacoma
This fall, the library partnered with Dr. Sonia De La Cruz’s Television Criticism class (TCOM 347) to create a digital publication of their short films. Why a digital publication? One reason is the opportunity to give rich context to each digital story and the accompanying reflections, something that video sharing platforms like YouTube or Vimeo Read More…
“That’s What She Said”: New Display in TLB Highlights Voices & Experiences of Womxn
“When feminism does not explicitly oppose racism, and when anti-racism does not incorporate opposition to patriarchy, race and gender politics often end up being antagonistic to each other, and both interests lose.” – Kimberle Williams Crenshaw The UW Tacoma Library is excited to announce its new display, “That’s What She Said: Highlighting Marginalized Intersectional Experiences Read More…
Join us for Real Lit[erature] Winter 2019!
Are you interested in joining a real conversation about contemporary societal issues? If so, register here! After a successful quarter in the autumn where a dozen students and staff read and discussed Angie Thomas’ The Hate U Give (and skyped with the author on 12/5/2018!) we are thrilled to continue with our book club at the Read More…
Real Lit[erature] Book Club: Reading for Social Justice
We are excited to share some programming news! The UW Tacoma Library and The Center for Equity and Inclusion have been working all summer to get a pilot book club off the ground for the fall quarter. And we are ready to go! If you are a UW Tacoma Undergraduate and are interested in joining, Read More…