Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maurice Newman chats with students about his experiences being a gay refugee from Jamaica during the school's "human library" ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There will be books, and there will be readers. Certainly stories to follow with lessons to learn, just waiting to be checked out.

People volunteering as books spoke to readers at the Human Library event held at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto, on Sunday, May 5, 2024. Photo by Leslie Schipa The lawn area at the ...

Every book has a unique cover, but the real story lies within the pages. Getting more people to let go of initial assumptions is the Human Library’s mission. "Often times when we meet someone, we ...

Volunteers at a “human library” share their stories through conversations— sort of like a live, human memoir. The event’s organizer, Prairie Markussen, stands with Alejandro Joleanis, a volunteer who ...

On a rainy spring morning in Muncie, Indiana, a White, middle-aged, conservative woman met a transgender woman for a date. It did not start well. The transgender woman was waiting at a table when the ...

At a Human Library event at the Santa Monica Public Library in California, a police detective "book" talks to two "readers." Human Library events and projects, which are held at libraries across the ...

WILTON — Spending quality time with a good book that opens up new thinking is always something readers strive for. Being able to have a one-on-one conversation with the author of that book to create a ...

People go to libraries to learn something new, to escape into a different world. But what if a trip to the library let you spend time with someone you would never otherwise hang out with? That’s what ...

When I first heard about the Human Library, I immediately thought that Buffalo would be a perfect city to establish a chapter. The first Human Library sprouted up in Copenhagen, Denmark. The concept?

“Our energies are fascinating things,” declared Kutztown University senior Amber Steet, concluding a short monologue on energy chakras and the quantum realm. “So, what are your questions?” Listeners ...