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Michael W. Twitty and his book "The Cooking Gene"

The racial history of food, Dec. 10

12/7/2020

Food, race, and tradition are inextricably linked. Join us online on Thursday, Dec. 10, 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. for a facilitated conversation about Michael W. Twitty’s The Cooking Gene: A Journey…

Book discussion in advance of author’s visit to campus in November

Let’s talk Margaret Atwood on May 23

5/15/2019

Join Dr. Margaret Simon from NC State's Department of English for a Read Smart discussion of Margaret Atwood's novel Hag-Seed, a modern retelling story of William Shakespeare's “The Tempest,” on…

Cover of "Frankenstein" book with background.

Hey, Frankenstein! We need to talk.

3/6/2018

“Thus strangely are our souls constructed, and by slight ligaments are we bound to prosperity and ruin.” Mary Shelley wrote that in her classic science fiction work Frankenstein, which was first…

Photo of the novel "Vinegar Girl" by Anne Tyler

“Read Smart” book discussion of Anne Tyler’s Vinegar Girl

8/22/2017

Join the NCSU Libraries for a “Read Smart” book discussion of Anne Tyler’s novel Vinegar Girl, a reimagining of Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew,” at Raleigh’s Cameron Village Regional Library…

Don't Just Read . . .

11/18/2014

Looking for an opportunity to discuss the latest popular books with some of the smartest people around (your friends and North Carolina State University's most engaged scholars)? NCSU Libraries and…

Don't Just Read . . .

6/8/2014

Looking for an opportunity to discuss the latest popular books with some of the smartest people around (your friends and North Carolina State University's most engaged scholars)? NCSU Libraries and…