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Poetic License: Seven Curators’ Poetry Selections from Distinctive Collections
In this exhibit 7 curators (Beaudry Allen, Michael Foight, Demian Katz, Rebecca Oviedo, Megan Piorko, Christoforos Sassaris, Mike Sgier) have identified poems from Falvey Library’s Distinctive Collections that moved them to share with others. ...
Peek at the Week: February 6
QUOTE OF THE WEEK In Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace said, “You will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do.” We, as social creatures, have a tendency to worry about what ...
eBook available: The Safety First Club
A couple of years ago, the Distributed Proofreaders project released a Project Gutenberg eBook of The Safety First Club and the Flood, using images from our Digital Library. That book was the middle part of a trilogy of early 20th-century juvenile ...
Foto Friday: Poetic License
“Poetic License” is now on display on the Library’s first floor. The exhibit features poems selected from Falvey Library’s Distinctive Collections. Seven curators were given “poetic license” to curate an exhibit ...
Meg Piorko’s Weekly Picks: Puzzle Poem Solutions
Happy Friday! As promised, here are the solutions to last week’s puzzle poems, published in Golden Days for Boys and Girls story papers (c. 1880-1907) Puzzle Poems submitted by “Villa Nova” featured in Golden Days Puzzledom Solutions ...
Weekend Recs: Black Independent Film
Happy Friday, Wildcats! Falvey Library is delivering you another semester of Weekend Recs, a blog dedicated to filling you in on what to read, listen to, and watch over the weekend. Annie, a graduate assistant from the Communication department, ...
Curious Cat: New Year’s Resolution Check-In
By Anna Jankowski & Ethan Shea Happy Thursday, Wildcats! After a brief hiatus, the Curious Cat is back and under new management. For the spring 2023 semester, Ethan Shea is returning with Anna Jankowski, a familiar face at Falvey who works as a ...
Falvey Celebrates Black History Month
Falvey Library, as a part of Villanova University’s community, celebrates Black History Month through academic events like “The End of White Christian America: Faith Apart from Anti-Blackness,” which will examine untangling ...
Cat in the Stax: LEGO HQ
By Ethan Shea In last week’s “Peek at the Week” blog, Annie pointed out that Saturday, Jan. 28, was National LEGO Day. To prolong celebration of the holiday a bit longer, this installment of “Cat in the Stax” will ...