MGCC Library Blog

June is Pride Month! Stop by the MGCC Library to check out our newest book display, which features LGBTQ+ authors and stories. This display is located at the front of the library, and all books are available for checkout. Below are some of the incredible books included in the display. “The amount of respect you have for others is in direct proportion to how much respect you have for yourself.” -RuPaul We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride In The History of Queer Liberation by Matthew Reimer and Leighton Brown: Have pride in history. A rich and sweeping photographic history of the queer liberation movement from the creators of the massively popular Instagram account @lgbt_history, released in time for the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. Through the lens of protest, power, and pride, We Are Everywhere is an essential introduction–told through stunning photographs and thoroughly researched narrative–to the history of the modern queer liberation movement. Tracing q...

Join us in the MGCC Library on Tuesday, April 2, at 11:30 AM, for the 2024 Poet Laureate & Artist Luminary Celebration! This event will feature poetry readings, a panel discussion, and light refreshments. This year marked the first annual VCCS Poet Laureate & Artist Luminary competition, with the first round being held at the school level. Hayli Givens has been named Mountain Gateway's first Poet Laureate, and Sabrina Burks has been named Artist Luminary. Georgia Bickford placed second in MGCC's poetry contest. Thank you to Josh Hagy, MGCC English faculty, for taking the lead on this project and encouraging our students to take part in such an exciting endeavor. Hayli will go on to compete at Piedmont Virginia Community College on April 5 and 6, alongside the Poets Laureate from all other VCCS colleges. The winner will then receive the title of VCCS Poet Laureate. Sabrina's artwork will be part of a VCCS-wide tour that will include student artwork from all other Vi...

 We're excited to announce that several new books have arrived at the MGCC Library! These books can all be found in the Popular Reading section at the front of the library. Here are just a few of these awesome new books. Stop by and check one out today! :) Please also be sure to check out the MGCC Library LibGuide ! New arrivals are shown along the bottom of the page. Clicking on a book will take you to our catalog, where you can see if the book is available to be checked out.   Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar: Cyrus Shams is a young man grappling with an inheritance of violence and loss: his mother’s plane was shot down over the skies of Tehran in a senseless accident; and his father’s life in America was circumscribed by his work killing chickens at a factory farm in the Midwest. Cyrus is a drunk, an addict, and a poet, whose obsession with martyrs leads him to examine the mysteries of his past—toward an uncle who rode through Iranian battlefields dressed as the Angel of dea...