Right to Read: Readathon – Friday, April 26, 2024
A readathon—from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at Mann Library—kicks off the “Right to Read” daylong celebration, with excerpts from banned and challenged books read aloud by students, staff, and faculty members.
Come join us! You’re welcome to sit and listen to the whole readathon or to come and go as you please. We’ll also have free copies of a few banned and challenged books for you to take home!
Here are the list of readers and their chosen books:
9:00-9:15 AM Marla Love, Dean of Students
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
9:15-9:30 AM Ryan Lombardi, Vice President for Student & Campus Life
9:30-9:45 AM Alexander Colvin, Dean, ILR School; Professor of Conflict Resolution
Nickel and Dimed: on (not) Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
9:45-10:00 AM Kendra Bischoff, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson
10:00-10:10 AM Elizabeth Hays, Executive Assistant to the Provost
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
10:10-10:15 AM Amy Escalante, Undergraduate, Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
10:15-10:30 AM Mary Pat Brady, Professor, Department of Literatures of English
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
10:30-10:45 AM Steven Jackson, Vice Provost for Academic Innovation; Professor, Information Science & Science & Technology Studies
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
10:45-11:00 AM Monica Yant Kinney, Associate Vice President for Communications
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
11:00-11:15 AM Sofia Gil, Undergraduate, Computer Science
Looking for Alaska by John Green
11:15-11:25 AM Caroline Apodaca, Undergraduate, ILR School
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
11:25-11:30 AM Lucia Caravella, Undergraduate, ILR School
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
11:30-11:45 AM Mike Kotlikoff, Provost; Professor of Molecular Physiology
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
11:45 AM-Noon Rachel Dunifon, Dean, College of Human Ecology; Professor, Department of Psychology & School of Public Policy
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Noon-12:15 PM Kathryn Boor, Dean, Graduate School; Professor, Food Science & Department of Global Development
Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
12:15-12:30 PM Matthew Kibbee, Evidence Synthesis Coordinator, Cornell University Library
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
12:30-12:45 PM Poppy McLeod, Professor, Department of Communication
The Holy Bible
12:45-1:00 PM Colleen Barry, Dean, Brooks School of Public Policy
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
1:00-1:15 PM Patricia Abraham, Africana Librarian
Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
1:15-1:30 PM Ravi Ramakrishna, Professor, Department of Mathematics
Savage Inqualities by Jonathan Kozol
1:30-1:45 PM Brian Arnold, Indonesian Cataloger, Cornell University Library
Beloved by Toni Morrison
1:45-2:00 PM Kofi Acree, Director, Clarke Africana Library; Curator, Africana Collections
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
2:00-2:15 PM Willow Lewis, Undergraduate, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
The Giver by Lois Lowry
2:15-2:30 PM Elaine Westbrooks, Carl A. Kroch University Librarian, Cornell University Library
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison