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Read To Me

February 26, 2021 by Carr Ross

Would you like to hear a story?

Polar Bear with Read to Me text

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).

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

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