Link Roundup #22: Pen Pals, Brains, & Language Justice

Link Roundup #22: Articles about pen pals, our brains, language justice, and the 1619 project. And Beyoncé (duh).

Valerie ShaindlinSeptember 27, 2019millennials, language, oral history, Hawaiian, 1619, slavery, Beyoncé, brains, travel, criticismComment

A Mexico City Reading List

A Mexico City reading list for anyone on their way to or intrigued by CDMX.

Valerie ShaindlinSeptember 3, 2019CDMX, Mexico, travel, Central America, reading list, Sandra Cisneros, feminism

Sicily Reading List

This summer I will visit Sicily for the first time! I am so excited; I’ve been to Italy several times, but never to this unique island. Here is what I’m watching and reading in preparation.

LibrarianValerie ShaindlinMarch 26, 2019Italy, Sicily, travelComment

Upstate New York Roadtrip Reading List

A geographically-specific reading list for a trip to Upstate New York.

LibrarianValerie ShaindlinSeptember 17, 2018new york, reading recs, reading list, to read, feminism, suffrage, upstate new york, travel, feminist booksComment

Reading List for A Japan Trip

A booklist for the person on their way to visit beautiful Japan.

LibrarianValerie ShaindlinSeptember 13, 2018japan, reading list, reading, books, travel, booklistComment

Homemade Dinner in Oslo

There was something so magical about my arrival in Oslo, Norway, from New York City two years ago, that I feel I need to somehow convey when I show you the first meal I had there.

FoodValerie ShaindlinSeptember 28, 2015oslo, homemade, dinner, travel, food, norway, zanComment

Det Lille Kaffekompaniet, Bergen

One gray afternoon, wandering through Bergen, Norway, Zan and I stumbled upon the cutest little café, and fell in love.