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Join us as local historian, Charles Pearson, discusses his research on the Iowa Civil Rights Trail and the Waterloo African American Historical Resource Development Project. Get a sneak peek at what Charles will be discussing in his talk here at WPL on February 13th at 5:30 PM as part of the library's Black History Month programming series. 
 
Titles Discussed: 
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib
Chrome Valley by Mahogany L. Browne
Outside in: African-American History in Iowa, 1838-2000 by Bill Silag
The Green Book

Listen in as Main Street Waterloo Executive Director, Jessica Rucker, joins us to discuss the many, many festivities coming up as part of Winter Wonderloo.
Winter Wonderloo kicks off on November 25 and runs through December 25. For more information, and a schedule of events, follow this link. 
For information on getting involved with Main Street Waterloo,  visit their website, and to keep up with what they are up to, visit their Facebook page. 
Titles Discussed:
Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time by Jeff Speck
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
Open Book by Jessica Simpson
Floaters by Martín Espada
Postcolonial Love Poems by Natalie Diaz
You can find video of this episode on the City of Waterloo's Youtube Channel.
 
 

Welcome to Episode 45 of the WPL Book Drop podcast! Today, we have Missie from the library's Youth Department on to talk about Prime Time Family Reading, a series of programs in collaboration with, and sponsored by, Humanities Iowa. These events will take place at WPL the evenings of October 10th, 17th, and 24th. Find more information on Prime Time here, and call the Youth Department at 319-287-3976 to register. 
 
Titles Discussed: 
The Invitation by Stacey May Fowles
What if... by Samantha Berger

In honor of Banned Books Week (October 1-7), Library Assistant Josée joins Seth on the pod to talk all things Banned Books. Listen in and learn more about how book bans impact your library and community. 
 
You can find video of this episode, and past episodes, at the City of Waterloo's Youtube Channel.
 
Titles Discussed: 
19 Minutes by Jodi Picoult 
Of Mice & Men by John Steinbeck
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Welcome back! After a Summer Break, the WPL Book Drop is back with a new episode to give some updates on the library, On this episode, Seth is joined by Library Assistant, Sarah, and Teen Librarian, Dusty, to talk about our newly moved and renovated Hive Makerspace and upcoming Hive Programming. 
You can find the Calendar of upcoming Library Events (Hive Workshops included) at this link
And Sarah and Dusty's book recommendations can be found below:
Dusty:
Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris
My Hero Academia (Various Individual Titles by Various Authors)
Sarah:
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
A Shadow in the Ember by Jennifer L. Armentrout

In this episode, brand new Book Drop host Seth Thill welcomes Maddie Kizer and Beth Tulley, two students from the University of Northern Iowa, to discuss The Big Public Poetry Party, a collaboration between WPL and their Senior Seminar class taught by Dr. Brooke Wonders at UNI. You can find more about The Big Public Poetry Party here.