Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Hewes Library is sharing recommendations from our Monmouth College community.

Assistant Professor of History, Dr. Michelle Damian, shared a few favorite novels and authors:

Lisa See:  Island of Sea Women, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Gail Tsukiyama:  Street of a Thousand Blossoms 

Nancy Kim:  Like Wind Against Rock

Celeste Ng:  Little Fires Everywhere

Julie Otsuka:  When the Emperor Was Divine  and a non-fiction counterpart, memories of Japanese internment camps in the United States, Whispered Silences: Japanese Americans and World War II by Gary Okihiro.

Last, but not least, the lighthearted Crazy Rich Asians trilogy by Kevin Kwan.

More resources: https://asianpacificheritage.gov/about/

New Items at Hewes Library

New items are added to the Hewes Library collection on a continual basis. Recent titles have included: 

• Xenophon and the Graces of Power: A Greek Guide to Political Manipulation  by Vincent Azoulay
• Making of Biblical Womanhood by Beth Allison Barr
  
• Environmental Ethics: The Central Issues by Gregory Bassham
• Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance by Mia Bay
• This is my Body: Hearing the Theology of Transgender Christians edited by Christina Beardsley & Michelle O'Brien
• A Brief History of Seven Killings: A Novel by Marlon James
• Relationship Maintenance: Theory, Process, and Context edited by Brian G. Ogolsky & J. Kali Monk
• Understanding Jim Crow: Using Racist Memorabilia to Teach Tolerance and Promote Social Justice  by David Pilgrim
• The Fight for Free Speech: Ten Cases that Define our First Amendment Freedoms by Ian Rosenberg
• Plant Partners: Science Based Companion Planting Strategies for the Vegetable Garden by Jessica Walliser
  

Summer Access

In order to clean and make anticipated Fall 2021 updates, Hewes Library will be closed to the public May 17th - July 31st.

Staff from the Library, Wackerle Career Center, Registrar, Global Engagement, Information Services and Student Success and Accessibility Services are available to assist Monday - Friday 8am-4:30pm. 

Please contact us for access to resources. We will help you search, request, and facilitate pickup of materials by appointment.

To access the building:  call with a cell phone when you arrive, or utilize the East entrance house phone and dial the last four digits to contact someone.  

Global Engagement

Tel: 309-457-2453
Email: cjohnston@monmouthcollege.edu


Hewes Library
Tel: 309-457-2190
Email: reference@monmouthcollege.edu


Information Services (IS)
Tel: 309-457-2106
Email: patte@monmouthcollege.edu


Registrar
Tel: 309-457-2326
Email: registrar@monmouthcollege.edu


Student Success and Accessibility Services
Email: ssas@monmouthcollege.edu

Wackerle Career Center
Tel: 309-457-2116
Email: mdugan@monmouthcollege.edu