Posts by Emily Anne Hamstra

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cover of The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner, a woman with an "x" over her mouth
  • Emily Anne Hamstra
The Flamethrowers is an immersive novel about art and motorcycles. Fans of Patti Smith’s memoir Just Kids will be drawn to this story of an emerging artist in a scene that swallows the reader whole.
collage of the book covers of the National Book Awards Shortlist
  • Emily Anne Hamstra
The Nation Book Award Shortlist, announced today, recognizes the year's top 20 works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young adult literature.
Cover of The Turner House: a novel by Angela Flournoy
  • Emily Anne Hamstra
The Turner House is a novel about 13 siblings growing up and growing older on Detroit’s East Side.
rainbow image with text celebrating Pride Month 2015 at the library
  • Emily Anne Hamstra
Celebrate Pride Month with a good book!
cover of Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
  • Emily Anne Hamstra
Set in Iceland in the early 1800s, Burial Rites tells the tale of a murderess sentenced to death.
Cover of Stitches: a memoir by David Small
  • Emily Anne Hamstra
The Browsing Collection is the library's leisure reading collection. Check out the Browsing Collection's top 10 books of the fall semester.
Vicious book cover
  • Emily Anne Hamstra
An undergraduate science experiment gone wrong turns two roommates into enemies in this fast-paced fantasy novel.