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Tuesdays 10am-2pm
Fridays 2pm-6pm
…and now Saturdays! 10am-2pm
Notable books on systemic racism, racial justice, and anti-racism
To encourage learning and research in systemic racism, racial justice, and anti-racism, Bowdoinham Public Library staff share the following list of books available at the library.We are grateful to patrons who made suggestions of titles to acquire, and to those who made donations to support the expantion of this important collection.Dave Asmussen of Blue Bell Farm and Reeve Wood and Hannah Burroughs of Counterpoint Bread both gave a portion of their sales in the days and weeks following George Floyd’s murder to support these book purchases. Come in to the library (Curently open Tuesdays and Fridays) or call to arrange curbside loan.
Racism Collection (1)
| Alexander, Michelle | The New Jim Crow | Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness | 2010 |
| Anderson, Carol | White Rage | The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide | 2016 |
| Baker, Calvin | A More Perfect Reunion | Race, Integration and the Future of America | 2020 |
| Baldwin, James | The Fire Next Time | 1963 | |
| Ben Crump | Open Season | Legalized Genocide of Colored People | 2019 |
| Coates, Ta Nahisi | The Water Dancer | 2019 | |
| Coates, Ta-Nehisi | Between the World and Me | 2015 | |
| DiAngelo, Robin | White Fragility | Why it’s so hard for White People to Talk about Racism | 2018 |
| Diouf, Sylviane A. | Dreams of Africa in Alabama | The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Story of the Last Africans Brought to America | 2007 |
| Dyson, Michael E. | Tears we Cannot Stop | A sermon to White America | 2017 |
| Forman, James Jr. | Locking Up Our Own | Crime and Punishment in Black America | 2017 |
| Gates, Jr, Henry Louis | Stony the Road | Reconstruction, white supremacy, and the rise of Jim Crow | 2019 |
| Griffin, John Howard | Black Like Me | 1960 | |
| Irving, Debby | Waking Up White | And Finding Myself in the Story of Race | 2014 |
| Kendi, Ibram X. | Stamped from the Beginning | the definitive history of racist ideas in America | 2017 |
| Kendi, Ibram X. | How to be an AntiRacist | 2019 | |
| Layla F. Saad | Me and White Supremacy | Combat Racism, Change the World, Become a Good Ancestor | 2020 |
| Oluo, Ijeoma | So you Want to Talk About Race | 2018 | |
| Phillips, Patrick | Blood at the Root | A Racial Cleansing in America | 2016 |
| Rankine, Claudia | Citizen | An American Lyric | 2014 |
| Reynolds, Jason | Stamped | Racism, antiracism, and you | 2020 |
| Rothstein, Richard | The Color of Law | A forgotten history of how our government segregated America | 2017 |
| Ta-Nehisi Coates | Between the World and Me | 2015 | |
| Tatum , Beverly Daniel | Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? | And Other Conversations About Race | 1997 |
| Ward, Jesmyn | The Fire This Time | A new generation Speaks about race | 2016 |
| William H. Chafe | Remembering Jim Crow | African Americans Tell About Life in the Segregated South | 2001 |
Interlibrary Loan Resumes Today!
We are now able to request items as we used to, through the Maine State Library’s interlibrary loan system. We still must defray the cost of mailing the item back by charging patrons $3 per title. Please contact the library to put in your requests. Having trouble accessing the state wide catalog? call Kate and she will walk you through. Look for the “MaineCat” button on the homepage or try this link here.
Curbside Book Borrowing…Bowdoinham Style!
Library card holders have several options to borrow their books. One option is to come in during open hours on Tuesdays (10-2) and Fridays (2-6). Another is borrowing via the library’s online catalog and picking the books up 24 hours later inside the “Little Germfree Library” box outside the Coombs Building. This service is being… Continue Reading
Summer Reading Program Launched
We have recently launched a summer reading program which is expanded from our traditional program for just kids. This year, thanks to software from the State Library, we are able to offer an online reading challenge for both children and adults. We are calling it “Read Around the Bay”. In addition to reading, we are… Continue Reading
We are ReOpenning June 2!
As Part of Phase Two of the Governor’s Rural Reopening Plan, the library will open it’s doors on Tuesday June 2 at 10am. If all goes well, we will have open hours Tuesdays 10-2, and Fridays 2-6. Occupancy will be limited to three adults in the adult room and one family in the children’s room. … Continue Reading
A Plant Sale Like no Other
Thank You, Bowdoinham for supporting the library’s 47th Annual Plant Sale! It was bit different this year but we did it! We did it with the help of a great partner nursery: Sunset Farms . Thank you Sam and family for growing beautiful plants and being organized and fun to work with. You customers… Continue Reading
Library Closed Due to COVID-19 / Coronavirus Precautions
The Bowdoinham Public Library is closed until further notice due to COVID-19 precautions. Resources and Information from trusted sources about the virus can be found HERE While our physical library location is closed to the public, there are opportunities for electronic downloads of materials using your Bowdoinham Public Library card so please be… Continue Reading
Understanding Racism- Two More Gatherings
The Bowdoinham Public Library invites residents to take part in a community read of “White Fragility:Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism” by Robin DiAngelo. Following last winter’s presentation by Howard Solomon, there was interest in continuing discussions of oppression and racial justice issues. DiAngelo’s book, White Fragility, does this by… Continue Reading
Check out our Maine State Park pass
Pleased and proud to announce that the library now has a Maine State Park pass to loan to patrons! Covers day use for all passengers in a vehicle heading to Maine’s parks, historic sites and public lands all over the state. Loan periods are Tuesday to Friday and Friday to Tuesday. Grab the pass, get… Continue Reading