Hearing the set-up for this novel made me wonder if I was made of stern enough stuff to get through it. Yoli, a divorced woman in her forties, with plenty of her own problems, has to repeatedly try to talk…
Written by Jan Kline three years ago
Admission, by Jean Hanff Korelitz
After careening through her latest novel, You Should Have Known, I was excited to learn that Jean Hanff Korelitz had quite a few earlier books. Admission appealed to me immediately because of its setting — academia — and the fact…
Written by Jan Kline four years ago
Us, by David Nicholls
Sad and funny is one of my favorite combinations in a novel, and this one has the perfect balance.
Written by Jan Kline four years ago
Two books, two marriages, two psychopaths: You Should Have Known, and Gone Girl
These two books could put you off marriage altogether. Every married person has the occasional “who ARE you??” moment with their spouse, but both of these books take it to extremes.
Written by Jan Kline four years ago
Amy Falls Down, by Jincy Willett
Amy Gallup is a crotchety, misanthropic 60-year-old author and writing teacher who would strongly prefer to be left alone. At home. With her basset hound, Alphonse. (Her mantra, in Willett’s prequel, The Writing Class: Kill Me Now).
Written by Karen Lauritsen four years ago
Judy Drake recognized for her support of Cal Poly’s Black Faculty and Staff Association
This summer, Cal Poly’s Black Faculty and Staff Association (BFSA) recognized Judy Drake for her tireless efforts in support of both students and the BFSA. Judy is a library services specialist in Access Services, and has been serving the students…
Written by Jan Kline four years ago
The Antagonist, by Lynn Coady
The novel made up entirely of letters isn’t a new form. But the email novel is a newer development — not that there aren’t already enough examples of them out there to make writing one a potentially slippery slope ending…
Written by Karen Lauritsen four years ago
Kaila Bussert named new Foundational Experiences Librarian
Kaila Bussert joined Cal Poly on July 7 as the new Foundational Experiences Librarian. Kaila will work across the campus to develop instructional and recreational programming to support the development of competencies and literacies that are the underpinning of a…
Written by Karen Lauritsen four years ago
Kennedy Library collaborating with Graphic Communication on new Wadewitz Collection
Kennedy Library has been working with the Graphic Communication department in the College of Liberal Arts on a recent gift to Cal Poly, the E.H. Wadewitz Collection, donated by the Printing Industries of America.
Written by Jan Kline four years ago
The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt
It took eight months of waiting, but finally the library copy of The Goldfinch stayed on the shelf long enough for me to get my mitts on it. As it was, I had to jerk it out of my sister’s…
Written by Karen Lauritsen four years ago
Deeper access to the research you need: 250+ journals now available
This post is written by Tim Strawn, director of information resources. Using a data-driven evaluative process, Kennedy Library, with special one-time funds, purchased perpetual access to a large number of high-demand electronic journal back files. This means that faculty, students…
Written by Courtney Thompson a few weeks ago
The Evolution of Musty the Mustang
Can you imagine? “Ride high, mules!” Well, neither can we here at Special Collections and Archives. Be glad that the Class of 1925 determined the mustang a better fit for their mascot. Cal Poly, established in 1901, did not have a…
Written by Hailey Koetz a few weeks ago
Learn By Doing Scholar Award Recipients Announced
At the Fall Convocation, which took place on September 13th, 2018, six faculty members were awarded the Learn by Doing Scholar award. They are honored for their contributions to Cal Poly’s signature pedagogy, Learn by Doing. This award is an…
Written by Laura Sorvetti a few weeks ago
Move-In: 100 years of Cal Poly dorm living
It’s mid-September, that energetic time when thousands of students return to San Luis Obispo after the summer break. Here’s a look back at campus living since the first move-in in 1903. Cal Poly’s first on-campus living Dormitory Row Three more dorms were added…
Written by Charlie Williams one month ago
Falling Down the Archive “Rabbit Hole”
Charlie Williams (HIST ’19) is a student assistant in Special Collections and Archives. Here she looks a variety of sources from the University Archives that were all created to capture a single event in Cal Poly’s history. “What is it like…
Written by Jan Kline two months ago
Two Art-Themed Novels: The Italian Teacher and Still Lives
I recently read two very different novels centered in the world of visual art. Tom Rachman’s The Italian Teacher begins in 1950s Rome, and at first focuses on a bigger-than-life artist, Bear Bavinsky. Bear personifies the worst of the egotistical…
Written by Ella Worley three months ago
Special Collections’ KCPR History Playlists
Ella Worley (WVIT ’19) is a student assistant in Special Collections and Archives and KCPR Programming Director. Read all the KCPR stories from the archives here. What’s that sound? It can’t be coming from Special Collections and Archives, they’re much too quiet! But…
Written by Courtney Thompson three months ago
Detectives in the Archives: Poly Royal edition
Cal Poly’s annual Open House is a time when the university comes together to show off their green and gold pride to the community, alumni, prospective students, and their families. This year Cal Poly celebrated its 25th Annual Open House, but there has…
Written by Hailey Koetz three months ago
Student assistants give, Kennedy Library gives back: Graduates reflect on experience working at Cal Poly’s library
With spring quarter finished, graduations complete, and the hot days of summer in San Luis Obispo upon us, Kennedy Library would like to highlight some of the graduating student assistants who have worked to improve the library and campus for…