Covers of selected books chosen by our friends at the New Haven PRIDE Center

New Haven PRIDE Celebrates Reading with New Haven Free Public Library!

Looking for a great read? Our amazing partners at the New Haven Pride Center have shared their top book recommendations! Check out this great list below and don’t forget that you can access these titles and place holds for convenient pickup at any of our locations through your account. And don’t forget to mark your … Continued

Dive deeper into the NEA Big Read and Arts and Ideas this summer

Explore the themes of the NEA Big Read, An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo, and this year’s International Festival of Arts and Ideas with our micro branches! The poems in An American Sunrise were written by Joy Harjo after returning to her family’s lands where in the early 1800s the Mvskoke people were forcibly removed … Continued

Mitchell Library & Sharon Lovett-Graff Mentioned In Arts Paper

Author (and Mitchell Library regular) Ainissa Ramirez sat down with Lucy Gellman to discuss the new book, The Alchemy of Us. Ramirez chatted about her influences, inspiration, and process in writing the book. She also gave a shoutout to Mitchell Library and NHFPL Public Services Administrator Sharon Lovett-Graff, (Mitchell’s former branch manager), for her assistance … Continued