April 14, Thursday, 3-4 pm, 202 Thompson Library

Veteran and military students (Jay McCoy, Joshua Green, James Cooper, and David Warnock) read favorite passages from works that represent experiences of war; If I Die in a Combat Zone by Tim O’Brien, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, Between the lines: international short stories of war, The warriors: reflections on men in battle  by Jesse Glenn Gray. Organized and moderated by Susan Hanson, Program Director for the OSU Veterans’ Learning Community.

April 14, Thursday, 3-4 pm, 202 Thompson Library 

Nancy Petro read from False Justice: Eight Myths that convict the Innocent which she co-authored with her husband Jim Petro, the new Chancellor of Ohio Public Education and former Attorney General of Ohio.

April 21, Thursday, 3-4 pm, 165 Thompson Library       

Leta Hendricks, Human Ecology Librarian , presented rap lyrics from The Anthology of Rap edited by Dr. Adam Bradley and Dr. Andrew DuBois, published by Yale University. Also poetry with singing parts by Kelsey Lewis, a freshman English major.

April 28, Thursday, 3-4 pm, 165 Thompson Library

Naked Sunfish:  Editor and head writer Rick Brown shared non-fiction from both his new book Naked Sunfish – Best Bites and the website. Elisa Philips and Emily Glenn presented some unpublished prose and recent poems published in Naked Sunfish at www.nakedsunfish.com.  Also, Dr. John Bennett will read from new works in English, Spanish, Nahuatl, and Globbolalia.

May 5, Thursday, 3-4 pm,  202 Thompson Library 

Joyce Beatty, Senior Vice President for Outreach & Engagement, read from the poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar.

May 12, Thursday,  3-4 pm, 11th floor Thompson Library

Three OSU football coaches, Stan Jefferson, Ben Needham and Anthony Jordan will read from their favorite works.

May 19, Thursday,  3-4 pm, 202 Thompson Library 

Dr. Lisa Kiser, Leslie Lockett and Drew Jones from the Department of English presented Anglo-Saxon literature. The program included three of their graduate students specializing in Old English, Karen Bruce, Erin Szydloski, and Rachel Klippenstein. Selections from Beowulf; a lively passage by Wulfstan; a verse dialogue between Solomon and Saturn; and The Dream of the Rood were presented in Modern English but samples of the Old English originals will be included.

May 26, Thursday, 3-4 pm, 165 Thompson Library

Dramatizations of the stories of James Thurber: The OSU Libraries’ Thurbrarians return to read dramatic adaptations of the stories of James Thurber.  The second half of the program was a performance by the Thurber Chamber Theatre Company, presenting selections, quotations and cartoon captions from the works of Thurber.

The cast of the Thurbrarians includes Wes Boomgaarden, Nena Couch, Nick Felt, Debra Jackson, Bruce Leach, Christina Moore and John Mumaw presenting “The Catbird Seat,” “Come Across With the Facts,” and “A Moment With Mandy.”

The Thurber Chamber Theatre Company includes Pat Wynn Brown, Bruce Campbell, Sue Campbell, James Roberts and Paul Watkins.  Their performance will include excerpts from ”University Days” and selections from Fables for Our Times, captions from Thurber Cartoons, and quotations.

Spanish ReadAloud

 April 5, Tuesday, 3-4 pm, 165 Thompson Library 

Milena Moreno Moran and Oscar Burbano Figueroa read Cien Años deSoledad (One Hundred Years of Soltitude,1967) and two stories from Ojos de Perro Azul (Eyes of a Blue Dog) both authored by Gabriel García Márquez  in Spanish.

American Sign Language (ASL) ReadAloud

April 12, Tuesday, 3-4 pm, 165 Thompson Library

This “ReadAloud” of poetry and children’s stories were presented in American Sign Language (ASL) by former OSU ASL students.  It included visual materials to enhance the experience for those who do not know sign language.

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Turkish ReadAloud   

April 26, Tuesday, 3-4 pm, 165 Thompson Library

Dilşat Demiralp read short stories – The Currycomb, Lonely Brave, Spring and Butterflies by Omer Seyfettin, and the Legend of Ferhat and Sirin with the Legend of Blond Girl.