Since I asked for introductions from all of you, I thought that I should introduce myself, as well. Well, you all know my name by now. I'm originally from Auburn, Indiana, about 20 minutes north of Fort Wayne. The town's one claim to fame is rooted in the production of automobiles up until the 1930s. Like many hoosiers, I'm more than a little "involved" with basketball.
My first collegiate degree was a BA in German at Hanover College, a small college in southern Indiana. My most recent degree is an MLS from UW-Madison's School of Library and Information Studies. My PhD program is in Composition and Rhetoric, and the working title of my dissertation is " Capitalizing on Literacy: Librarians Writing For and About Library-Based Americanization Programs 1910-1925."
I also work with children's and young adult literature. I recently read Sharon Draper's Copper Sun, M. T. Anderson's The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, John Green's Looking For Alaska, Diana Wynne Jones' Hexwood, and a whole lot more. Ultimately, though, I'm more interested in what people actually read rather than what is read in English departments. What else...in an extended moment of true geekdom, I cataloged my books using librarything.com. I'll let you decide what to make of that.
What else would you like to know? (within reason, of course)
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Hello Katie! I just wanted to say hello and see if you could help me with any recommendations of books. I just got reading "The Book of Joby" over spring break and it was relatively good for the most part. It was semi-fantasy but wrapped in theological tones. It was very similar to Neil Gaiman's "Good omens: The nice....". Where the devil and god make a bet but not the humour. Anyways, I thought since I had to make a response to a blog, I might ask for some recommendations for books. You should have some great insight being a librarian. Along with those theological themes, I really like novels of dystopia similar to 1984 and Atwood's Handmade's tale. Is "Children of Men" a book before it became a movie? I haven't read "Brave New World" but I have read Farenheit 451.
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