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The Bowdoin College Library would like to delight, intrigue, comfort, and cheer you with “Read to Me,” a series of readings by Bowdoin College staff.  Each week, we will record and share a brief reading—poems, stories, artist’s books, and more.

The readings started in December 2020 and will continue through spring semester 2021.  Please enjoy listening on Instagram (@bowdoinlibrary), Facebook (Bowdoin College Library), or Twitter (@bowdoinlibrary).

Anna Bastidas, Associate Director of the Outing Club, reads some of her favorite poems by Mary Oliver.
Karen Jung, Music Librarian and Coordinator of Research & Instruction Services, reads “Kopis’taya (A Gathering of Spirits),” by Paula Gunn Allen.
Along with his reading from “The Book of Delights” by Ross Gay, Matt O’Donnell shares the story of the sweet little writing cabin in which he is reading, and which has, in Matt’s words, “a fun Bowdoin history and connection.”
On this lovely April day, Katie Byrnes, Director of the Baldwin Center for Learning and Teaching, takes us on a wonderful, reflective journey into Parker Palmer’s “The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life.”
Sherri Braxton, Senior Director for Digital Innovation, reads Amy Ludwig Vanderwater’s poem, “My Horse and I,” and then brings it to life with a trip to the barn to meet her horse Indigo!
Stephen Houser, Senior Director of Academic Technology & Consulting, in a walk through the woods, reads from “The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate ― Discoveries from A Secret World,” by Peter Wolhleben
Eduardo Pazos, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs for Inclusion and Diversity & Director of the Rachel Lord Center of Religious and Spiritual Life, shares his reading of “Skywoman Falling,” a story adapted from the oral traditions of the Haudenosaunee
Marieke Van Der Steenhoven, Special Collections Education & Outreach Librarian, reads selections from “Chasing the Grass,” a collection by Maine poet Jacqueline Moore published by Littoral Books, a small press based in Portland
Along with her dog Kipper, Lisa Flanagan, Associate Director of the Baldwin Center, reads “Thank You for Waiting” by British poet Simon Armitage
Rachel Reinke, Associate Director of the Sexuality, Women, and Gender Center (SWAG), reads from “The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love” by Sonya Renee Taylor
Andrew Lardie, Associate Director for Service and Leadership in the McKeen Center, reads from “Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living” by Krista Tippett
Jessica is standing in snow-filled woods with a copy of the book
Jessica Perez, Director of THRIVE, has chosen a fitting backdrop for her reading of “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” by Robert Frost
Whitney Hogan, Director of Residential Education and Associate Director of Student Life, reads “The Lost Words: A Spell Book,” by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris
Meagan Doyle, Bowdoin College’s Digital Archivist, reads a letter from Rowland Bailey Howard (Bowdoin Class of 1856) to his mother, Eliza Gilmore.
Erin Valentino, Associate Librarian, reads “Feed,” a poem by Tommy Pico
Sue O’Dell, Science Librarian, reads “The Creation,” a poem by James Weldon Johnson
Marieke Van Der Steenhoven, Special Collections Education & Outreach Librarian, displays and reads an artist’s book, “Tattoo,” by Martha Hall, a Maine-based book artist
Carmen Greenlee, Humanities and Media Librarian, reads the poem “My Grandfather Walks in the Woods,” by Marilyn Nelson