Just a Book in the Library

By Dr. Donna Clovis

#The Power of a Shared story

“We must tell our stories.”
—Dr. Donna Clovis, #NABJ19
Outstanding Book Award Winner

“Just a Book in the Library is more than ‘just a book’ on a shelf. It captures the essence of how readers long to connect and share ideas related to the power of text.”
—Dr. Kenneth Kunz, Assistant Professor of
Literacy/Language Arts, Monmouth University

“Equality for all- as we start providing marginalized populations their current needs today for tomorrow’s expectations.”
—Dr. Josue Falaise, Director,
Rutgers University Institute for
Improving Student Achievement

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Dec 10, 2019
• ISBN: 9781982238889

Dr. Donna Clovis

Dr. Donna Clovis is an adjunct professor at Rider University with a doctorate from Columbia University.

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ISBN: 978-1-9822-3887-2 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-9822-3889-6 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-9822-3888-9 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2019919344

Balboa Press rev. date: 11/18/2019

DEDICATION

To the librarians who are the guardians of books—

saving words, culture, and the imagination

by means of the special #power of a shared story.

Thank you to my husband James,

my children Justin, Matthian, and Michaela Clovis,

my parents, my in-laws, and

my editor, Gabriella Oldham

And who knows, on the higher frequencies of the quantum universe,

VOICE has spoken out for YOU?

– Dr. Donna Clovis

I am hidden in this town of Princeton as a scribe silent within its walls of Gothic structures and cathedralesque ceilings, leaving footprints, breathing words.

– Dr. Donna Clovis

CONTENTS

1     Sanctuary

2     Holders of Truth and Protectors of Secrets

3     Refuge

4     I Dreamed of You as Us

5     Broken Silence

6     The Song

7     Four Acres and a Mule

8     She Overcame Giants

9     The Truth Speaks

10   Quantum Space in Princeton Place

11   Sitting With Cedars

12   Juanita Yoder Art Forms

13   The Enchanting Words of Libraries

14   Ancient Arguments

15   Consensual a Cappella

16   Encore

17   Cherub’s Chariot

18   Something Quantum

19   Books That Are Beloved—In Memoriam to Toni Morrison, August 5, 2019

20   Penumbra

21   Spectacle

22   Theater in Therapy

23   Crunching Chatter

24   Remembrance

25   Birthing Books to the Princeton Library

26   Fairy Dust

27   Quilting Journeys

28   Mississippi Shoe

29   Constitutional Crossover

30   The Grim Reaper

31   Fakes

32   Bullied, Banned, and Censored

33   There Are No Words

34   The Brilliance of Consciousness

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