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February 6, 2023

Sperm Whales: The Gentle Goliaths of the Ocean

with Gaelin Rosenwaks

For centuries, the sperm whale has fascinated us—the world’s largest toothed predator. Like many of our

co-inhabitants on the planet, sperm whales were nearly hunted to

the brink of extinction.

Join us for an evening with Gaelin as she discusses her book and work. This program will be in-person only (no livestream or recording available).

A book signing with Chapter One Bookstore will follow. Presented in partnership with Dent the Future.

Tuesday, February 7

6:00 p.m. | Lecture Hall

More/register here.

Unsaid, but Understood: Listening and Silence

in Sabrina & Corina with Dr. Dora Ramírez

The Latinx/Indigenous community’s experiences and stories in Kali Fajardo-Anstine’s short story collection 

Sabrina & Corina are often told through silence, of what is left unsaid.

Join Dr. Dora Ramírez–Professor of Ethnic Studies and the Director of the Anti-Racism Collective at Boise State University/Department of Sociology–for a presentation and Q&A on the power of the "unsaid" in storytelling, specifically in this year's Winter Read selection, Sabrina & Corina: Stories.

Friday, February 10

5:00 p.m. | Lecture Hall

More/register here.

• Story Time: Love
• A Storytellers Guide to Changing the World with tai simpson
• Spanish Lunchtime Language
• English Language Learning
• Worksheet Nerds Users Group
• Creative Writing Workshop
• Paint Club: Hearts
• Winter Read Book Group
• Tech Help Desk
• Brown Bag Poetry
• Nature Journaling
• Creating an Inclusive Outdoors while Elevating Latino Activism

See our full calendar 

of events here.

"She explores her struggle to reconcile her desire to learn with the world she inhabited with her father."

Eric Brown, Gold Mine Processing Associate, recommends Educated by Tara Westover. 

Educated is a memoir by the American author Tara Westover. Tara recounts overcoming her survivalist Mormon family in order to go to college, and emphasizes the importance of education in enlarging her world. 

Tara details her journey from her isolated life in the mountains of Idaho to completing a PhD program in history at Cambridge University. She started college at the age of 17 having had no formal education.

She explores her struggle to reconcile her desire to learn with the world she inhabited with her father. . .



Read Eric's book review here.

Find more staff book recommendations here.

Hello! My name is Thijs. I enjoy reading (maybe a little too much) and being outdoors. I have a younger brother and my favorite dessert is root beer floats. For my Book Beat review, I read Two Degrees by Alan Gratz.

Two Degrees is a historical fiction book about three young kids and how climate change has affected their lives and others.

These three kids have to struggle to make it out of the natural disasters that happened due to the Earth’s rising temperature.

So far, the Earth’s temperature as risen a whole two degrees. To make matters worse every year we burn more fossil fuels. All this pollution will turn into an economic disaster that some people have predicted will start during the year 2100 ... or sooner. . .

Read Thijs's Book Beat Review here.

See all Book Beat Reviews here.

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