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Toni Morrison Seminar with Philip Weinstein


Our annual literature seminar with Philip Weinstein begins this week, and will be presented as a series of virtual events on Zoom. Professor Weinstein will be discussing the works of Toni Morrison, one of the 20th Century’s most influential novelists and intellectuals, and recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the Nobel Prize in Literature. The class will be reading four novels, including The Bluest Eye, Sula, The Song of Solomon, and Beloved. 

Philip Weinstein is Alexander Griswold Cummins Professor of English Emeritus at Swarthmore College. He has been offering literary seminars in cooperation with the Vineyard Haven Public Library since 2012. His publications include Henry James and the Requirements of the Imagination (1971), The Semantics of Desire: Changing Models of Identity from Dickens to Joyce (1984), Faulkner’s Subject: A Cosmos No One Owns (1992), What Else But Love? The Ordeal of Race in Faulkner and Morrison (1996), Unknowing: The Work of Modernist Fiction (2005), Becoming Faulkner(2009), and Jonathan Franzen: The Comedy of Rage (2015).  He is currently working on a book of essays entitled Soul-Error.

All sessions begin at 5:30 pm. Dates and reading assignments:

Wednesday, September 16th: The Bluest Eye
Wednesday, September 30th: Sula 
Wednesday, October 14th & Wednesday, October 28th: Song of Solomon
Thursday, November 12th & Wednesday, December 2nd: Beloved

This seminar is sponsored by the Vineyard Haven Public Library Building Fund, Inc. (VHPLBFI), a nonprofit, 501(c)3 organization dedicated to improving the library building. VHPLBFI is undertaking a capital campaign to support the addition of a multipurpose meeting space at the library, without the use of taxpayer funding. For more information on the project including images of the proposed design, visit https://vhplbfi.weebly.com/
 "As one whose life has been powerfully affected by the Library's generosity, I wholeheartedly support the project of a new multipurpose meeting room. The Vineyard Haven Public Library is such a force for cultural activities on our island that its very success makes visible its problem. That missing room for future programs needs to be built. Its utility is both inexhaustible and crystal-clear. I am honored to be part of the team charged with bringing such a project to fruition."  --Philip Weinstein, Honorary Co-Chair, Library Capital Campaign​

Upcoming Virtual Library Programs


While the library building is closed we'll be offering online workshops using the video meeting platform Zoom. To register or for more information, contact our Program Coordinator Anne McDonough at amcdonough@clamsnet.org. Attendance for all programs may be limited and you will need internet access to participate.



7 pm Tuesday September 15th
Online: Petroglyphs of Petra with Duncan Caldwell

Duncan Caldwell will give a presentation on Jordanian petroglyphs and their preservation. Duncan Caldwell is a prehistorian and writer whose current projects involve archaeological research and conservation projects in France, Jordan, and Nepal, the up-coming publication of both a monograph and essay on the ways that collecting prehistoric artifacts influenced Henry David Thoreau, and further studies in the archaeomusicology of northeastern North America. 

5:30 pm Wednesday September 16th
Online: Philip Weinstein on Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye"

Professor Philip Weinstein will present a six part seminar on the works of Toni Morrison, one of the 20th Century’s most influential novelists and intellectuals, and recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the Nobel Prize in Literature. The class will be reading four novels, including The Bluest Eye, Sula, The Song of Solomon, and Beloved. Please register in order to receive reading guides and online access information. Continues 9/30, 10/14, 10, 28, 11/12 & 12/2.

1:30 pm Thursday September 17th
Online: Library Book Group
Come enjoy a lively discussion online! Monthly book selections are available as Overdrive eBooks as well as in print format via request. Everyone is invited to join us. September selection: 'Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead' by Olga Tokarczuk.

10 am Monday September 21st
Online : Advance Care Planning with Healthy Aging MV

Sharing your wishes for end-of-life care can bring you closer to the people you love. It’s critically important. We know that no guide and no single conversation can cover all the decisions that you and your family may face. What a conversation can do is provide a shared understanding of what matters most to you and your loved ones. This can make it easier to make decisions when the time comes. Join the conversation to gather the toolkit! Please register at: https://bit.ly/3jvl0Ml

7 pm Tuesday September 22nd
Online: "The Moon Always Rising," with Alice Early

Join us for an online talk with Alice Early, Author of "The Moon Always Rising." A moving and lyrical novel that transports readers from lush tropics to rugged highlands and back again, The Moon Always Rising explores how the power of forgiveness can help even the most damaged person fix whatever is broken.

For information on virtual library programs being offered statewide, visit the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners calendar of virtual programs!

Learn how to use Zoom on the Zoom Channel on Youtube! Videos created by Zoom staff will show you how to sign up for a free account, download Zoom software on your computer and the Zoom app on your phone, as well as learn the ins and outs of scheduling, joining, and participating in meetings. (If you need more help, contact the library to set up a Zoom practice session with one of our librarians.)

Coming Soon!
This year, the Friends of the Library's annual 5k Run/Walk to benefit the library will be held as a virtual event! Participants will register to run or walk the route from the library to the West Chop Lighthouse and back (or any 5k route) and be entered into a drawing for gift certificates from local stores. Details will be announced next week!

2020 National Book Festival Online 




The 20th annual Library of Congress National Book Festival will be held online Sept. 25-27, connecting with audiences across the country for an interactive celebration of “American Ingenuity.” The festival features new books by more than 120 of the nation’s most-renowned writers, poets and artists, and will  showcase the many ways our national library embraces all subjects in its unparalleled collection. For more information and a complete schedule of online events, visit the festival website.

Festival partner PBS Books is also developing a Facebook Live series of author talks with more than 10 literary luminaries, including a talk by author James McBride on Monday, September 14 at 7 pm. Awarded a National Humanities Medal by President Obama “for humanizing the complexities of discussing race in America,” McBride is a Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at New York University, and author of author of the National Book Award–winning The Good Lord Bird and the bestselling modern classic The Color of Water, and the 2020 novel Deacon King Kong.

PBS Books Live and recorded events can be streamed from their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/PBSBooks1/live/

New Books Available This Week


Here's a sample of the new fiction and nonfiction titles recently added to the library's collection! Visit the new books page on our website, updated weekly, to keep up with what's new.
 
New Books September 15th 2020
  
Piranesi Piranesi
By Clarke, Susanna
2020-09 - Bloomsbury Publishing
9781635575637 Check Our Catalog

From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set in a dreamlike alternative reality.

Piranesi's house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of …More

The Evening and the Morning The Evening and the Morning
By Follett, Ken
2020-09 - Viking
9780525954989 Check Our Catalog

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author, a thrilling and addictive new novel--a prequel to The Pillars of the Earth--set in England at the dawn of a new era: the Middle Ages

It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages. England is facing attacks from the Welsh in the west and the Vikings in the east. Those in power bend justice according to their will, regardless of …More

Troubled Blood Troubled Blood
By Galbraith, Robert
2020-09 - Mulholland Books
9780316498937 Check Our Catalog

A breathtaking, labyrinthine epic, Troubled Blood is the fifth Strike and Robin novel and the most gripping and satisfying yet.

Private Detective Cormoran Strike is visiting his family in Cornwall when he is approached by a woman asking for help finding her mother, Margot Bamborough - who went missing in mysterious circumstances in 1974.

Strike has never tackled 
…More

The Killings at Kingfisher Hill: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery The Killings at Kingfisher Hill: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery
By Hannah, Sophie
2020-09 - William Morrow & Company
9780062792372 Check Our Catalog

"I was thrilled to see Poirot in such very, very good hands."-- Gillian Flynn, New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl

The world's greatest detective, Hercule Poirot--legendary star of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile--returns to solve a delectably twisty mystery

Hercule …More

The Comeback The Comeback
By Berman, Ella
2020-08 - Berkley Books
9780593099513 Check Our Catalog

A most anticipated book of Summer by Today.com  Marie Claire  New York Post  Betches  Better Homes & Gardens  Goodreads

A deep dive into the psyche of a young actress raised in the spotlight under the influence of a charming, manipulative film director and the moment when she decides his time …More
 

The Roommate The Roommate
By Danan, Rosie
2020-09 - Berkley Books
9780593101605 Check Our Catalog

House Rules:

Do your own dishes
Knock before entering the bathroom
Never look up your roommate online

The Wheatons are infamous among the east coast elite for their lack of impulse control, except for their daughter Clara. She's the consummate socialite: over-achieving, well-mannered, predictable. But every Wheaton has their …More

Chance of a Lifetime Chance of a Lifetime
By Deveraux, Jude
Author Sheets, Tara
2020-09 - Mira Books
9780778310112 Check Our Catalog

In one century she loved him madly, and in another she wants nothing to do with him

In 1844 Ireland, Liam O'Connor, a rogue and a thief, fell madly in love with a squire's daughter and unwittingly altered the future. Shy and naive Cora McLeod thought Liam was the answer to her prayers. But the angels disagreed and they've been waiting for the right moment in time to step in. …More

Chaos Chaos
By Johansen, Iris
2020-09 - Grand Central Publishing
9781538713136 Check Our Catalog

The #1 New York Times bestselling author introduces CIA agent Alisa Flynn, who is willing to go rogue if it means catching the most heartless band of criminals she's ever encountered.

When CIA agent Alisa Flynn flaunts the rules by breaking into a mansion in the middle of the night, she skillfully circumvents alarms and outwits guards only to find herself standing 
…More

The Abstainer The Abstainer
By McGuire, Ian
2020-09 - Random House
9780593133873 Check Our Catalog

"A brilliant historical novel; part Cormac McCarthy and part Raymond Chandler."--Philipp Meyer, author of The Son

An Irishman in nineteenth-century England is forced to take sides when his nephew joins the bloody underground movement for independence in this propulsive novel from the acclaimed author of The North Water.

Manchester, England, 1867. The …More

The Invention of Sound The Invention of Sound
By Palahniuk, Chuck
2020-09 - Grand Central Publishing
9781538718001 Check Our Catalog

A father searching for his missing daughter is suddenly given hope when a major clue is discovered, but learning the truth could shatter the seemingly perfect image Hollywood is desperate to uphold.

Gates Foster lost his daughter, Lucy, seventeen years ago. He's never stopped searching. Suddenly, a shocking new development provides Foster with his first major lead in over 
…More

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
By Paolini, Christopher
2020-09 - Tor Books
9781250762849 Check Our Catalog

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars is a brand new epic novel from New York Times bestselling author Christopher Paolini.

Kira Nav rez dreamed of life on new worlds.

Now she's awakened a nightmare.

During a routine survey mission on an uncolonized planet, Kira finds an alien relic. At first she's delighted, but elation turns to terror when …More

The 2084 Report: An Oral History of the Great Warming The 2084 Report: An Oral History of the Great Warming
By Powell, James Lawrence
2020-09 - Atria Books
9781982150211 Check Our Catalog

This vivid, terrifying, and galvanizing novel reveals our future world after previous generations failed to halt climate change--perfect for fans of The Drowned World and World War Z.

2084: Global warming has proven worse than even the direst predictions scientists had made at the turn of the century. No country--and no one--has remained unscathed. Through interviews with …More

Thrawn: The Ascendancy Trilogy #1 (Star Wars)
Thrawn: The Ascendancy Trilogy #1 (Star Wars)
By Zahn, Timothy
2020-09 - Del Rey Books
9780593157688 Check Our Catalog

1st book in Star Wars: Ascendency trilogy

Discover Thrawn's origins within the Chiss Ascendancy in the first book in an epic new Star Wars trilogy from bestselling author Timothy Zahn.

Beyond the edge of the galaxy lies the Unknown Regions: chaotic, uncharted, and near impassable, with hidden secrets and dangers in equal measure. And nestled within its swirling chaos is the Ascendancy, home to the 
…More

The Trouble with Peace The Trouble with Peace
By Abercrombie, Joe
2020-09 - Orbit
9780316187183 Check Our Catalog

"A master of his craft." - Forbes

"No one writes with the seismic scope or primal intensity of Joe Abercrombie." - Pierce Brown

A fragile peace gives way to conspiracy, betrayal, and rebellion in this sequel to the New York Times bestselling A Little Hatred from epic fantasy master Joe Abercrombie.

Peace is 
…More

Homeland Elegies Homeland Elegies
By Akhtar, Ayad
2020-09 - Little Brown and Company
9780316496421 Check Our Catalog

A "profound and provocative" new work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Disgraced and American Dervish an immigrant father and his son search for belonging -- in post-Trump America, and with each other (Kirkus Reviews).

"Passionate, disturbing, unputdownable." -- Salman Rushdie

A deeply personal work about identity and belonging in a nation 
…More

My Devotion My Devotion
By Kerninon, Julia
Translator Anderson, Alison
2020-08 - Europa Editions
9781609456146 Check Our Catalog

Winner of the 2018 F n on Literary Prize

A captivating and profound exploration of the mysterious connections between love, submission, and creation.

Helen and Franck, both born into high-ranking diplomatic families, meet in Rome as high-school students and immediately detect in each other the wounded child hidden beneath their gilded social …More

Total Power: A Mitch Rapp Novel Book 17 Total Power: A Mitch Rapp Novel Book 17
By Flynn, Vince
Author Mills, Kyle
2020-09 - Atria Books
9781501190650 Check Our Catalog

"Mills's suspenseful, strikingly original sixth Mitch Rapp novel...is as riveting as anything penned by Mitch's creator, Vince Flynn (1966-2013). Mills has really hit his stride with this franchise entry." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

In the next thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling Mitch Rapp series, it's a race against the clock when ISIS takes out …More

The Forgotten Kingdom The Forgotten Kingdom
By Pike, Signe
2020-09 - Atria Books
9781501191459 Check Our Catalog

The story continues in The Forgotten Kingdom, the second book in the epic Lost Queen trilogy, already hailed as "Outlander meets Camelot" (Kirsty Logan, author of Things We Say in the Dark) and "The Mists of Avalon for a new generation" (Linnea Hartsuyker, author of The Golden Wolf).

AD 573. Imprisoned in her chamber, Languoreth awaits news in …More

Don't Look for Me Don't Look for Me
By Walker, Wendy
2020-09 - St. Martin's Press
9781250198709 Check Our Catalog

In Wendy Walker's thrilling novel Don't Look for Me, the greatest risk isn't running away. It's running out of time.

One night, Molly Clarke walked away from her life.

She doesn't want to be found.

Or at least, that's the story.

The car abandoned miles from home.

The note found at a nearby hotel.

The shattered family that couldn't be put back together. …More

Untitled Biography of Jfk, Volume 1 JFK, Volume 1
By Logevall, Fredrik
2020-09 - Random House
9780812997132 Check Our Catalog

A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian takes us as close as we have ever been to the real John F. Kennedy in this revelatory biography of the iconic, yet still elusive, thirty-fifth president.

"An utterly incandescent study of one of the most consequential figures of the twentieth century."--Jill Lepore, author of These Truths: A History of the United States

By the time …More

The Last Million: Europe's Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War The Last Million: Europe's Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War
By Nasaw, David
2020-09 - Penguin Press
9781594206733 Check Our Catalog

From bestselling author David Nasaw, a sweeping new history of the one million refugees left behind in Germany after WWII

In May 1945, German forces surrendered to the Allied powers, putting an end to World War II in Europe. But the aftershocks of global military conflict did not cease with the German capitulation. Millions of lost and homeless concentration camp survivors, POWs, slave …More

The Vapors: A Southern Family, the New York Mob, and the Rise and Fall of Hot Springs, America's Forgotten Capital of Vice The Vapors: A Southern Family, the New York Mob, and the Rise and Fall of Hot Springs, America's Forgotten Capital of Vice
By Hill, David
2020-07 - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
9781250086112 Check Our Catalog

One of 21 books we can't wait to read in 2020 --Thrillist

Complex, turbulent, as haunting as a pedal steel solo --Jonathan Miles, The New York Times Book Review

New York Times Book Review summer reading pick

Named one of the 10 best July books by The Washington Post and The Christian Science 
…More

The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature
By Stuart-Smith, Sue
2020-07 - Scribner Book Company
9781476794464 Check Our Catalog

A distinguished psychiatrist and avid gardener offers an inspiring and consoling work about the healing effects of gardening and its ability to decrease stress and foster mental well-being in our everyday lives.

The garden is often seen as a refuge, a place to forget worldly cares, removed from the "real" life that lies outside. But when we get our hands in the earth we connect with the …More

Rage Rage
By Woodward, Bob
2020-09 - Simon & Schuster
9781982131739 Check Our Catalog

An unprecedented and intimate tour de force of original reporting on the Trump presidency from Bob Woodward.

Rage goes behind the scenes like never before, with stunning new details about early national security decisions and operations and Trump's moves as he faces a global pandemic, economic disaster and racial unrest.

Woodward, the #1 internationally bestselling …More

Agent Sonya Agent Sonya
By Macintyre, Ben
2020-09 - Crown Publishing Group (NY)
9780593136300 Check Our Catalog

The "master storyteller" (San Francisco Chronicle) behind the New York Times bestseller The Spy and the Traitor uncovers the true story behind the Cold War's most intrepid female spy.

In 1942, in a quiet village in the leafy English Cotswolds, a thin, elegant woman lived in a small cottage with her three children and her husband, who worked as a machinist nearby. …More

American Rule: How a Nation Conquered the World But Failed Its People American Rule: How a Nation Conquered the World But Failed Its People
By Sexton, Jared Yates
2020-09 - Dutton Books
9781524745714 Check Our Catalog

From writer and political analyst Jared Yates Sexton comes a journey through the history of the United States, from the nation's founding to the twenty-first century, which examines and debunks the American myths we've always told ourselves.

In recent years, Americans have faced a deluge of horrifying developments in politics and culture: stolen elections, fascist 
…More

Blizzard: Poems Blizzard: Poems
By Cole, Henri
2020-09 - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
9780374114381 Check Our Catalog

Henri Cole, one of our greatest poets, explores the discordant nature of our condition on earth in Blizzard, his tenth collection.

"An artist of the greatest gifts." --Louise Gl ck

Daring, tender, truthful, the poems in Blizzard, Henri Cole's tenth book, build on a reputation for quiet mastery. Whether he is wrestling with the mundane, …More

The Bohemians: The Lovers Who Led Germany's Resistance Against the Nazis The Bohemians: The Lovers Who Led Germany's Resistance Against the Nazis
By Ohler, Norman
2020-07 - Houghton Mifflin
9781328566300 Check Our Catalog

From the New York Times best-selling author of Blitzed, the incredible true story of two idealistic young lovers who led the anti-Nazi resistance in the darkening heart of Berlin

Summertime, 1935. On a lake near Berlin, a young man is out sailing when he glimpses a woman reclining in the prow of a passing boat. Their eyes meet--and one of …More

Untitled Compromised
By Peter Strzok
2020-09 - Houghton Mifflin
9780358237068 Check Our Catalog

The FBI veteran behind the Russia investigation draws on decades of experience hunting foreign agents in the United States to lay bare the threat posed by President Trump.

When he opened the FBI investigation into Russia's election interference, Peter Strzok had already spent more than two decades defending the United States against foreign threats. His career in counterintelligence …More

If Then: How Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future If Then: How Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future
By Lepore, Jill
2020-09 - Liveright Publishing Corporation
9781631496103 Check Our Catalog

The Simulmatics Corporation, launched during the Cold War, mined data, targeted voters, manipulated consumers, destabilized politics, and disordered knowledge--decades before Facebook, Google, and Cambridge Analytica. Jill Lepore, best-selling author of These Truths, came across the company's papers in MIT's archives and set out to tell this forgotten history, the long-lost backstory to …More

Liar's Circus: A Strange and Terrifying Journey Into the Upside-Down World of Trump's Maga Rallies Liar's Circus: A Strange and Terrifying Journey Into the Upside-Down World of Trump's Maga Rallies
By Hoffman, Carl
2020-09 - Custom House
9780063009769 Check Our Catalog

A brilliant, riveting, funny, terrifying journey into the beating heart of Trumpland. --Liza Mundy, author of Code Girls

In this daring work of immersive journalism, based on hundreds of hours of reporting, Carl Hoffman, who has written about the most dangerous and remote corners of the world, journeys deep inside Donald Trump's rallies, seeking …More

El Barrio: The Making of the Ms-13 Ms-13: The Making of America's Most Notorious Gang
By Dudley, Steven
2020-09 - Hanover Square Press
9781335005540 Check Our Catalog

"A remarkable feat of reporting."--Rachel Louise Snyder, author of No Visible Bruises

*WINNER OF THE LUKAS PRIZE*

The definitive account of the most notorious street gang in America--the MS-13--as seen through the lives of gang members and their families caught in its malicious web

The MS-13 was born from war. In …More

The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
By Yergin, Daniel
2020-09 - Penguin Press
9781594206436 Check Our Catalog

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and global energy expert, Daniel Yergin offers a revelatory new account of how energy revolutions, climate battles, and geopolitics are mapping our future

The world is being shaken by the collision of energy, climate change, and the clashing power of nations in a time of global crisis. The "shale revolution" in oil and gas--made possible by fracking …More

A Peculiar Indifference: Race, Violence, and Social Justice A Peculiar Indifference: Race, Violence, and Social Justice
By Currie, Elliott
2020-09 - Metropolitan Books
9781250769930 Check Our Catalog

From a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a devastating exploration of the racial disparities in violent death and injury in America and a blueprint for ending this fundamental social injustice

About 170,000 black Americans have died in homicides just since the year 2000. Violence takes more years of life from black men than cancer, stroke, and diabetes combined; a young black man in the …More

Stephen Hawking: A Memoir of Friendship and Physics Stephen Hawking: A Memoir of Friendship and Physics
By Mlodinow, Leonard
2020-09 - Pantheon Books
9781524748685 Check Our Catalog

An intimate and inspirational exploration of Stephen Hawking--the man, the friend, and the physicist.

One of the most influential physicists of our time, Stephen Hawking touched the lives of millions. Recalling his nearly two decades as Hawking's collaborator and friends, Leonard Mlodinow brings this complex man into focus in a unique and deeply personal portrayal. We meet …More

Superman's Not Coming: Our National Water Crisis and What We the People Can Do about It Superman's Not Coming: Our National Water Crisis and What We the People Can Do about It
By Brockovich, Erin
2020-08 - Pantheon Books
9781524746964 Check Our Catalog

From environmental activist, consumer advocate, renowned crusader, champion fighter-maverick, whose courageous case against Pacific Gas and Electric was dramatized in the Oscar-winning film--a book to inspire change that looks at our present situation with water and reveals the imminent threats to our most precious, essential element, and shows us how we can each take action to make changes …More

Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day
By Shetty, Jay
2020-09 - Simon & Schuster
9781982134488 Check Our Catalog

Jay Shetty, social media superstar and host of the #1 podcast On Purpose, distills the timeless wisdom he learned as a monk into practical steps anyone can take every day to live a less anxious, more meaningful life.

When you think like a monk, you'll understand:

-How to overcome negativity
-How to stop overthinking
-Why comparison kills love
…More

This Is the Night Our House Will Catch Fire: A Memoir This Is the Night Our House Will Catch Fire: A Memoir
By Flynn, Nick
2020-08 - W. W. Norton & Company
9781324005544 Check Our Catalog

When Nick Flynn was seven years old, his mother set fire to their house. The event loomed large in his imagination for years, but it's only after having a child of his own that he understands why. He returns with his young daughter to the landscape of his youth, reflecting on how his feral childhood has him still in its reins, and forms his memories into lyrical bedtime stories populated by the …More

When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry
By Harjo, Joy
With Howe, Leanne
With Foerster, Jennifer Elise
2020-08 - W. W. Norton & Company
9780393356809 Check Our Catalog

This landmark anthology celebrates the indigenous peoples of North America, the first poets of this country, whose literary traditions stretch back centuries. Opening with a blessing from Pulitzer Prize-winner N. Scott Momaday, the book contains powerful introductions from contributing editors who represent the five geographically organized sections. Each section begins with a poem from …More

The Digital Library is Always Open


While printed books, movies, audiobooks, and magazines are now available for pickup from Vineyard Haven Library, cardholders can continue to access our digital library for streaming video, eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines, genealogy, and eLearning resources.

Access to most resources requires a Vineyard Haven Library Card and PIN number. Contact the library if you need assistance getting started with digital resources.

      

      

      

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Weekly Children's Room Newsletter




Our Children's Librarian Emily is sending out a new weekly email newsletter for families. To sign up, email Emily at elapierre@clamsnet.org, or just reply to this email and ask to be added to the children's email list. You can follow this link to view this week's issue:  National Talk Like a Pirate Day, DIY hummus, Scavenger Hunt

Weekly Children's Programs
Each week our Youth Services librarians create "Take & Make" bags filled with themed educational activities. Virtual Storytime and video tutorials on our Facebook and YouTube pages enhance the Take & Make bag activities. Bags are available for pickup on Fridays from 3 - 5 pm (on a first come basis while supplies last). For more information, contact Emily our Children's Librarian! Teen "Take & Make" craft bags are also available weekly, with pickup on Sundays at 3pm. Young Adult Librarian Jennifer can provide the details!

For program announcements follow our Kids & Young Adults Facebook Page, and check out our new YouTube channel. Books are now available from the library through contactless pickup, and eBooks are available through our digital library resources for kids.

Available Library Services


The Library Building is temporarily closed to the public. Contactless pickup of books, movies, CDs, magazines, and other library material is available 6 days a week, for items requested in advance. We cannot fill walk-up requests at this time, but we will do our best to fill same day holds placed by 2 pm. 

Library Staff can assist you by phone or email
Contact us: (508) 696-4210    Email:  vhpl_mail@clamsnet.org 
Staff Hours:  Monday-Saturday, 10 AM - 5 PM

Contactless Pickup Hours
Monday-Saturday, 12 PM - 4 PM, & until 6 PM  on Thursday
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Remote Document Printing
Monday-Saturday, 12 PM - 4 PM, & until 6 PM  on Thursday
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"Safer at Home" Delivery
Limited home delivery is available for qualifying Tisbury residents
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"Virtual" Book Browsing & Recommendations
New books, Standing Orders, and personalized recommendations
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24 hour Digital Library
Free online resources for all ages, including eBooks and streaming video
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Hours & Contact Information


Call: (508) 696-4210 
Email:  vhpl_mail@clamsnet.org 
Staff Hours:  Monday-Saturday, 10 AM - 5 PM


Pickup Hours:  Monday-Saturday, 12 PM - 4 PM, & until 6 PM  on Thursday
The Library Building is temporarily closed to the public. Contactless pickup of books, movies, CDs, magazines, and other library material is available 6 days a week. Items must be requested in advance. We cannot fill walk-up requests at this time, but we will do our best to fill same day holds placed by 2pm. Learn more: http://www.vhlibrary.org/contactless.shtml

For the latest information on library services and programs, visit our website http://vhlibrary.org/ or follow our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/vhlibrary/.

Programming at Vineyard Haven Public Library is supported by the Friends of the Library and by bequests from Ruth Redding and Stephen C. Luce.
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