{"id":12618,"date":"2022-08-11T17:11:57","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T21:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/?p=12618"},"modified":"2022-08-11T17:11:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T21:11:57","slug":"prov-books-through-bars-aug-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/prov-books-through-bars-aug-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Donate Paperbacks to Providence Books Through Bars at the Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/08\/Prov-Books-Thur-Bars-Cart-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"photo of book truck\" class=\"wp-image-12620\" \/><figcaption>Add your paperback donation to the book truck at the Rock!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the month of August, join the Brown University Library in collecting paperback books for <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/provbtb.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Providence Books Through Bars<\/a> (Instagram tag <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/provbtb\/\" target=\"_blank\">@provbtb<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Providence Books Through Bars \u2014 a local, volunteer-led organization \u2014 fulfills book requests from incarcerated individuals throughout the country. See the list of the most requested books below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please bring paperback donations to the lobby of the Rockefeller Library, 10 Prospect Street, Providence, by August 30, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for donating to this local community organization!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Requested book genres (most needed in bold)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>How-to-draw, adult coloring, origami, calligraphy<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Fantasy and science fiction\u00a0<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Graphic novels, manga, comics<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>How to start a business (recent books, please)<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Games (chess, crosswords, Sudoku &amp; puzzles)<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Self-help &amp; inspirational\u00a0<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Westerns\u00a0<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Reference: dictionaries, almanacs, sign language, thesaurus, Spanish-English and other language dictionaries<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Basic books on grammar &amp; writing\u00a0<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Conspiracies, aliens and paranormal<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>LGBTQ<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Crafts<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>How-to for the trades (carpentry, etc.)<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Native American (history, culture and novels)<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Mexican\/Mayan (history, culture and novels)<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Journals and sketchbooks \u2013 no spiral bound; hard cover is ok<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Living off the grid and survival<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Wicca, supernatural, dreams<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Science (especially biology, astronomy, anatomy)<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>National Geographic magazines<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Exercise\/fitness<\/strong><\/li><li>Paranormal fiction (vampires, werewolves, shapeshifters)<\/li><li>Meditation &amp; yoga<\/li><li>Classics\u00a0<\/li><li>Poetry anthologies\u00a0<\/li><li>Black\/African history and culture<\/li><li>Mythology (especially Norse, Viking and Egyptian)<\/li><li>Gardening &amp; horticulture (including eco living, living off the land)<\/li><li>Mysteries, thrillers, best-sellers, horror &amp; suspense novels<\/li><li>Travel\/places\/cultures (paperback with pictures)<\/li><li>How-to play an instrument, particularly guitar<\/li><li>Legal self-help of relevance to incarcerated people<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through the month of August, join the Brown University Library in collecting paperback books for Providence Books Through Bars (Instagram tag @provbtb). Providence Books Through Bars \u2014 a local, volunteer-led organization \u2014 fulfills book requests from incarcerated individuals throughout the country. See the list of the most requested books below. Please bring paperback donations to <a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/prov-books-through-bars-aug-2022\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Donate Paperbacks to Providence Books Through Bars at the Rock<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[151,155],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-engagement","category-home-page"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}