by Quinn | Mar 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
We at the Reading Room CLE are, like everyone, deeply saddened by the current pandemic. At our Board's annual meeting in March 2020, we passed the following plan:For the duration, we will focus on helping our neighbors cultivate habits of happiness at home. Our...
by Quinn | Mar 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
In recent years, many prisons, both private and public, have restricted prisoners' access to books. We want to do something about that. The situation: Prison inmates are being denied books under a variety of pretexts. Sometimes hardbacks are said to be used to smuggle...
by Quinn | Jan 2, 2020 | Reader Advisory
Submitted by Annie Schoonover, Oberlin College Annie Schoonover is a creative writing major at Oberlin College who specializes in prose fiction. She worked as a media intern for The Reading Room in 2018-2019. Reader Advisory is a series in which community and...
by Quinn | Jan 1, 2020 | Dispatches from the Front
What books do we take? Everything. We are the Helga Hufflepuff of bookstores; we will take “the rest.” We are often asked what books we will accept, as donations. Since we work with children, people often assume we need children’s books, and yes, of course we do. But...
by Quinn | Dec 26, 2019 | Reader Advisory
Submitted by Elizabeth Jurisevic, Notre Dame College Elizabeth is a marketing and entrepreneurship major at Notre Dame College, who joined The Reading Room CLE as a marketing intern in winter 2018-2019. Reader Advisory is a series in which community and business...
