THE VISION ISSUE - City of Shaker Heights

LIBRARY NEWS
copy of the 1938 Shaker Heights: Then
and Now.
Shaker resident Valentina Sgro
donated two of her new books of
fiction, Photographic Memories and
Heart of a Hoarder, featuring her winning
character, the intrepid professional
organizer Patience Oaktree. E.
Henry Schoenberger donated a copy
of his most recent book, How We Got
Swindled by Wall Street Godfathers,
Greed & Financial Darwinism: The
30-Year War Against the American
Dream.
Cuyahoga Community College
philosophy professor Carl Moravec
donated two graphic nonfiction books
which he wrote and illustrated: An
Illustrated History of Philosophy and Six
World Religions.
Carol King Phillips-Bey donated
her 1998 Kent State dissertation on
the Shaker schools, “African-American
Students’ Perceptions of the Factors
that Led to Their Mathematics
Level Placement in an Integrated,
Suburban School District.” Phillips-
Bey is a mathematics professor at
Cleveland State University who grew
up in Shaker Heights; her parents
were Ludlow Community Association
co-founders Drue and Frances King.
While this material does not circulate,
it can be read in the Moreland
Room at the Main Library.
Additions to the
Shaker Authors Collection
New books by Shaker authors have
been purchased for the Library’s
Shaker Authors Collection and may
be viewed in the Local History Room
at the Main Library. Additional copies
may be available to borrow. The
Shaker Authors Collection contains
published works by former and current
residents in order to present a
complete picture of the creative talent
in Shaker Heights. We welcome donations
and suggestions.
Recent acquisitions include Mary
Olmstead Butcher’s memoir Tho
There Be No Tears: My Gram Was a
Slave – Her Story and Mine; the updated
paperback edition of How to Walk
to School: Blueprint for a Neighborhood
School Renaissance, co-written by
Jacqueline Edelberg; several books
by orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Barry
Friedman, including The Short Life of
a Valiant Ship: USS Meredith; Lauren
Pacini’s photographic essay Shattered
Dreams Revisited: The Death and
Rebirth of the Midwest Industrial City;
Harvey Pekar’s last books, Cleveland
and Not the Israel My Parents Promised
Me; Michael Ruhlman’s Salumi: The
Craft of Italian Dry Curing; The Chew:
Food, Life, Fun, featuring recipes by
Michael Symon; Volumes 2-4 of Rick
Smith’s daily comic Yehuda Moon; Rust
Belt Chic: The Cleveland Anthology,
co-edited by Shaker resident Anne
Trubek and including essays by Trubek
and several other current and former
Shaker residents; Loung Ung’s latest
memoir Lulu in the Sky: A Daughter
of Cambodia Finds Love, Healing, and
Double Happiness; and C.A. Wulff’s
Circling the Waggins: How 5 Misfit
Dogs Saved Me From Bewilderness.
Monthly Book Discussions
Warm up your winter with a good
book and join in a discussion with
others. Copies of the books are available
at the Main Library Information
desk one month before the discussions.
Book Buzz
10 AM TUESDAY DECEMBER 11
2030: The Real Story of What Happens
to America by Albert Brooks
In this provocative story, the author
envisions America in 2030, when the
young resent the “olds” for their pricey
entitlement programs.
Whodunit
Mystery Book Discussion
7:30 PM TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11
Wicked Autumn by G.M. Malliet
When his tranquility as the vicar of a
country village is shattered by murder,
Max Tudor must struggle with past
demons while trying to identify a
killer in his peaceful community.
Tuesday Evening Book Discussion
7:30 PM TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18
The Submission by Amy Waldman
Selected for a jury that must choose
an appropriate 9/11 Memorial, Claire
Burwell faces a media firestorm when
the winning designer is revealed to be
an enigmatic Muslim-American.
Book Buzz
10 AM TUESDAY, JANUARY 8
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
The stories of six Japanese mail-order
brides in early 20th-century San
Francisco are marked by backbreaking
migrant work, cultural struggles,
children who reject their heritage, and
the prospect of wartime internment.
Whodunit
Mystery Book Discussion
7:30 PM TUESDAY, JANUARY 8
Rizzo’s Fire by Lou Manfredo
NYPD veteran Joe Rizzo is presented
with one of his most baffling homicides,
compelling him to steer a difficult
course between the investigation
of the crime and police department
politics.
Tuesday Evening Book Discussion
7:30 PM TUESDAY, JANUARY 22
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
This autobiographical bohemian odyssey
not only influenced writing since
its 1957 publication, but also penetrated
the deepest level of American
thought and culture.
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