April 7, 2021
Noon to 5p.m. on ZOOM
Living books—SU faculty, staff, and students from a variety of campus departments and programs as well as others from the local community—will engage in one-on-one conversations with readers from different cultural backgrounds who share their life stories for 20 minutes at a time. For more information, visit the Living Library guide. This year’s book titles include:
- Braving Creatively and Unapologetically: How I Broke the Silence of Shame
- Disability, Queerness, and Popular Culture
- Disability in Comic Books and Popular Culture: “Cripping” the Comic Con
- Diversity in Comics and Graphic Novels
- Infant and Women’s Health Issues
- Kindness as a Human Super Power
- Memoir of the First Liberians “Return to Africa”
- Neuroqueer Culture
- Oh, The Places You’ll Go
- Searching for Wonder: How a Naturalist Perceives the World
- Serving in the Military with ADHD
- Zen Practice, Here and Now
The Living Library is open to the campus community. Participants can reserve living books in advance for a specific time by completing the sign-up form by April 5. If you have difficulties using this form or wish to sign up via e-mail, please contact askasowi@syr.edu or tanantac@syr.edu.
The event is offered in partnership with the Center for Learning and Student Success (CLASS), Disability Cultural Center, Hendricks Chapel, Library and Information Science Student Association (LISSA) at the School of Information Studies, Library and Information Science Program at the School of Information Studies, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Office of Interdisciplinary Programs and Outreach at the Burton Blatt Institute, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Office of Veteran and Military Affairs, Renée Crown University Honors Program, South Asia Center of Syracuse University, and Syracuse University Catholic Center.
