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Return of the B Science Fiction and Horror Heroes: the Mutant Melding of Two Volumes of Classic Interviews by Tom Weaver is the Special Collections Featured Book for April 2014. “This book pays homage to the many people that have ...

Foolish Rabbit’s Big Mistake by Rafe Martin and illustrated by Ed Young.  G.P. Putnam’s Sons: New York.  1985. Rafe Martin is a professional storyteller.  He is also the author of over 20 books that have been translated into many  languages including ...

Writing Poetry to Save Your Life: How to Find the Courage to Tell Your Stories by Maria Mazziotti Gillan is the Special Collections Featured Book for this month. This book combines Gillan’s personal story about her journey as a writer ...

New Year Blues is contains two works by the poet Allen Ginsberg: “Christmas Blues” and “Macdougal Street Blues.” Ginsberg notes that “these are first experiment blues lyrics, one written waiting turn in St. Marks Church Xmas open poetry reading, & ...

Snow-bound: a winter idyl by American poet John Greenleaf Whittier is the Special Collections featured book for December 2013. Snow-bound is a long narrative poem Which takes place in what is today known as the John Greenleaf Whittier Homestead, which still ...

In honor of Native American Heritage Month, the Special Collections featured book for November is The Indian Prophet: Bilingual Poems From the Ahtna Athabaskan by John E. Smelcer. Dr. Smelcer received his Ph.D. in English and Creative Writing from Binghamton University, where he received the ...

Arthur Miller, Collected Plays 1944-1961  is the featured Book of the Month for October.  This book contains a collection of some of Miller’s most famous works, including the “The Crucible.” Arthur Miller, Collected Plays 1944-1961.  Edited by Tony Kushner. Library ...

For the Dog Days of August A Dog’s Tale by Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens).  New York, London : Harper & Brothers. 1904. Call number:  PS 1322 .D6 1904.  Special Collections, Rare Book Collection. In honor of the dog days of summer, A Dog’s Tale ...

The true means of establishing public happiness. : A sermon, delivered on the 7th of July, 1795, before the Connecticut Society of Cincinnati is our featured book for July 2013.  This short work (approx. 40 pages) was printed in New Haven, Connecticut in ...

Mission to Moscow by Joseph E. Davies, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1936 to 1938, is the Binghamton University Libraries’ Special Collections Book-of-the-Month for June 2013. The book is made up entirely of confidential dispatches to the State ...