Reader’s Place

Once again, we celebrate our LGBGTIA family members, friends, neighbors, co-workers, community and selves, in all our glorious diversity.

Are people who need people REALLY the luckiest people in the world?

NATIONAL POETRY MONTH

In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re examining the lives and work of the following formidable women.

This Valentine’s Day we’re looking at a swoon-worthy selection of new and diverse romances on our shelves at Maplewood Library’s Adult Services location at 129 Boyden Avenue. 

In honor of Black History Month, we’ll look at fiction and nonfiction from authors of the African diaspora.

Sisters refers primarily to women who share the same parents, but “sister” has many other meanings as well: a term of endearment, describing comrades, friends, women who share a deep bond…

Winter is the perfect time of year to indulge in some feel-good reading. Here is a selection of recent titles to spark a bit of joy and offer comfort when you need it most.

November is National American Indian Heritage Month. Select and read from the following titles by contemporary Native American writers…

Making their way in a world often hostile to at least one if not more of their identities, these Latinos and Latinas, real and fictional, open up their worlds to us.

There’s still time to soak up a few more weeks of summer reading this season! Check out these recommendations from our Adult Summer Reading program participants.

The Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity. As we are living the very real consequences of global warming, we can read about our warming planet in a variety of genres.