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Under the Radar – March/April 2015

by Kaite Mediatore Stover and Jessica Moyer “Lyrics, Dude!  Recite them some lyrics!” Sage advice from cine-scholars Bill and Ted on wooing princesses from the 15th century. Poetry has always held the...

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UNDER THE RADAR | Sand, Surf, Swamp, and Sunshine

Contributing Editor Kaite Mediatore Stover (left) is Director of Readers’ Services at Kansas City (MO) Library. Contributing Editor Jessica Moyer (right) is Visiting Assistant Professor, Reference and...

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UNDER THE RADAR | The Power of Story

by Kaite Mediatore Stover kaitestover@gmail.com At the time of this writing, many of us are angry and sad and frustrated, if the news and social media are any indication. And for many of us, books...

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UNDER THE RADAR | The Power of Story

At the time of this writing, many of us are angry and sad and frustrated, if the news and social media are any indication. And for many of us, books serve as a refuge when life becomes difficult. Yet...

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Candidates for a Fun-Filled Fall

This summer, the Republican and Democratic parties held their quadrennial proms and crowned a king and a queen, and in the months that followed, the rest of us endured their frenetic campaigning for...

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The Revolution Will Be Musicalized

How much fun has it been for librarians to watch everyone get excited about a piece of US history, the American Revolutionary War? And it’s all thanks to a peppy piece of musical theatre named...

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Epic Failure Is Always an Option

Contributing Editor JESSICA MOYER is Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies, at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Contact Jessica at jessicaemilymoyer@gmail.com. Jessica is currently...

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Epic Failure Is Always an Option

Jessica is currently reading Painted Lady by Elizabeth Peters (June 2017) and listening to Carpe Jugulum (2000) by Terry Pratchett, narrated by Nigel Planer. Contact Jessica at...

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We Gotta Get Out of This Place

Contact Kaite at kaitestover@gmail.com. Kaite is currently reading Nomadland: Surviving America in the 21st Century by Jessica Bruder and listening to The Devil Finds Work by James Baldwin, narrated...

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Blind Them With Science

Science is having a parsec. It’s one of the most popular trending topics in popular non fiction. Let’s give some credit to Adam and Jamie of the television show Mythbusters (2003–16) for showing us...

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My Kind of Town

Kaite is currently reading Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A. by Danielle Allen and listening to Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders, narrated by Nick Offerman, David Sedaris, George Saunders,...

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Readers for Social Justice

Contributing Editor KAITE MEDIATORE STOVER is Director of Readers’ Services at Kansas City (MO) Library. Contact Kaite at kaitestover@gmail.com. Kaite is currently reading The Force by Don Winslow...

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Closing the Books

Contact Kaite at kaitestover@gmail.com. Kaite is currently reading Wolf Season by Helen Benedict and listening to Second Wave podcast. Up until this moment, starting a fresh Under the Radar column has...

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