National Book Award 2015 Nominees: Non-Fiction

September 16, 2015

I don’t think anyone was too surprised to see Ta-Nehisi Coates’s massive breakaway hit Between the World and Me appear on this year’s longlist of nonfiction National Book Award nominees.  There were some pleasant surprises, however.  Sy Montgomery, long known for her children’s nonfiction titles, did well with her recent The Soul of an Octopus […]


National Book Award 2015 Nominees: Poetry

September 15, 2015

Day Two of the ever-so-slowly released National Book Award nominee longlists.  Poetry got real play today with titles well known and appreciated, titles forthcoming and appealing, and titles obscure and alluring.  How many have you read?  Here are the books.  Be sure to follow the links to reserve them in the EPL system:


National Book Award 2015 Nominees: Young People's Literature

September 14, 2015

As you may or may not know, this year the National Book Awards have paired with The New Yorker to exclusively reveal each of the ten book longlists  in the categories of Young People’s Literature, Poetry, Nonfiction, and Fiction.  The first of these, “Young People’s Literature” has been released and the surprise is seeing how […]


Football Season Starts So Pick Up Some Pigskin Related Reading

September 10, 2015

That smell in the air?  It’s the scent of footballs whizzing through the air at a rapid rate.  It may still be warm outside but football season is fast upon us.  And what better way to celebrate than reading the latest gridiron-related publications out this year?  Here are the latest books on our shelves, ready […]


Local Art @ EPL

September 8, 2015

We are pleased to introduce retired NU Life Sciences Librarian and photographer Lloyd Davidson as the next featured artist in our ongoing exhibition series Local Art @ EPL.  His show is currently on display on the 2nd floor of EPL’s Main Library where you can catch it through September 30th.  Informed by his M.A. in paleontology  and Ph.D. in […]


Our Best Kept Secret: What Are the Newest eBooks & eAudiobooks at EPL?

September 8, 2015

Shhh!  Whatever you do, don’t tell anyone about the awe-inspiring amount of e-books and e-audiobooks available FOR FREE through the library.  After all, if you’re the only one aware of our titles, you’ll get to enjoy the sheer plethora of titles all by your lonesome self.  Here are some of our newest releases in all […]


An Interview with Lorna Galich

August 24, 2015

Lorna Galich is a retired corporate consultant and the next Evanston artist to be featured in our ongoing exhibition series Local Art @ EPL.  Her show – which is dedicated to the memory of her daughter and EPL librarian Gigi Galich – is currently on display on the 2nd floor of EPL’s Main Library where […]


Local Art @ EPL

August 7, 2015

We are please to introduce Evanston artist and retired corporate consultant Lorna Galich as the next to be featured in our ongoing exhibition series Local Art @ EPL.  Her show – which is dedicated to the memory of her daughter and EPL librarian Gigi Galich – is currently on display on the 2nd floor of […]


Literary Road Trippin'

July 30, 2015

Summertime is humming along at full tilt, and if you’re anything like us, you can hear the open road beckoning in the July breeze.  That’s right, ’tis the season for the great American road trip, and luckily it’s never been easier to blend your warm-weather wanderlust and year-round bibliomania into one amazing August adventure.  Atlas […]


Poetry 365

July 25, 2015

This month for Poetry 365 we’re featuring Kate Tempest’s extraordinary long poem Brand New Ancients.  Winner of the 2012 Ted Hughes Award, the British poet/rapper/novelist’s second book of verse finds the mythic in the mundane story of half-brothers Thomas and Clive and their violently converging fates in southeast London.  Hypnotic, operatic, and “written to be […]


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