MGCC Library Blog

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...

March is Women's History Month ! Stop by the Library to browse our Women's History Month book display, which features incredible books by women authors, as well as books about important figures and events in women's history. All of these books (and more!) are available for checkout. "You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try." -Dolly Parton   We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders : A Memoir of Love and Resistance by Linda Sarsour: Women's March organizer Linda Sarsour shares her intimate coming-of-age story of how growing up Muslim American, feminist, and empowered moved her to become a globally recognized activist on behalf of marginalized communities across the country. It was a chilly spring morning in Brooklyn when a nineteen-year-old Linda Sarsour stared at her reflection, dressed in a hijab for the first time showing the woman she was growing to be--unapologetic in her faith and her activism. A young Palestinian Muslim Amer...