Happy Summer! In between taking some time away or working on summer projects, check out some of the new books we have waiting for you at the DePaul University Library. From recent faculty publications to graphic novels, fiction, and monographs, you’re sure to find something for every interest. Enjoy browsing our newest arrivals, and let us know if you need any help with your summer research!
Can’t get enough of horror, alternative worlds, and creepy scientific discoveries? DePaul neuroscience professor Austin Lim’s new book, Horror on the Brain: The Neuroscience Behind Science Fiction explores the real science and psychology behind classic characters like Dr. Jekyll and Dr. Frankenstein and recent films like Get Out, while examining synergies between scientific research and creative writing. New titles in our Unwind the Mind collection include popular fiction like Nussaibah Younis’ Fundamentally and nonfiction like John Grisham and Jim McCloskey’s Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions, and you’ll also find new memoirs like Connie: A Memoir by ground-breaking journalist Connie Chung about her journey to become the first woman and Asian to co-anchor the CBS Evening News and Alligator Tears: A Memoir in Essays by Edgar Gomez on friendship, queer identity, and the American caste system.
In our graphic novels collection, comics fans can now revisit the Energon Universe with Duke and the Joes, Cobra Commandor, and all new characters in G.I. Joe: The Cobra Strikes! New monographs in all subject areas are also on the shelves at both the John T. Richardson Library and the Loop Library. Check out In the Shadow of the Global North: Journalism in Postcolonial Africa by j. Siguru Wahutu; Nothingism: Poetry at the End of Print Culture by Jason Schneiderman; The Origins of Critical Race Theory: The People and Ideas That Created a Movement by Aja Y. Martinez and Robert O. Smith; and For I Have Sinned: The Rise and Fall of Catholic Confession in America by James M. O’Toole.
