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Topic Guide
AIDS and Activism - An SFPL LGBT Resource Guide
Created on:
Feb 20, 2015
13 items
The AIDS crisis struck the LGBT community especially hard in the early years, and people found a variety of ways to bring atten...
3 likes
Topic Guide
SFPL Black History Month 2017 New Books
By:
SFPL_JaneG
Created on:
Jan 09, 2017
34 items
Many excellent lists celebrate Black History Month. This list features some books in the SFPL collection published over the pa...
General Recommendations
Golden Globe Awards 2022: SFPL
By:
SFPL_StaffPicks
Created on:
Jan 03, 2022
34 items
2022 Golden Globe Award Nominations (winners indicated), DVDs, books they were based on, and music offered by SFPL
1 like
General Recommendations
SFPL Explorer Guide Western Addition Branch Library
Created on:
Sep 30, 2021
10 items
A few of the top picks by SFPL staff that represent their neighborhood.
General Recommendations
MIddle Eastern Heritage Celebration- books from SFPL
By:
SFPL_Adults
Created on:
Aug 10, 2017
12 items
SFPL holds many titles about the lives and experiences of US Americans who have immigrated from the Middle East, or have family...
General Recommendations
SFPL Summer of Love
Created on:
Jun 28, 2017
15 items
Selections to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 'Summer of Love' from SFPL.
4 likes
Topic Guide
LGBT Aging - An SFPL LGBT Resource Guide
Created on:
Mar 19, 2015
14 items
These titles explore the lives of LGBT middle-aged and senior citizens, now and in the past, with a focus on how we create com...
1 like
Topic Guide
Latina/Latino/Latinx LGBT Experiences - An SFPL LGBT Resource Guide
Created on:
Mar 12, 2015
15 items
What is it like to be LGBT and Latina/Latino in the United States, and Central and South America? An SFPL LGBT Booklist.
4 likes
Topic Guide
LGBT Experience During the Harlem Renaissance - An SFPL LGBT Resource Guide
Created on:
Mar 09, 2015
18 items
The Harlem Renaissance was a time and place where black American artists and intellectuals blossomed. While few people associat...
General Recommendations
Summer Stride Author Talks
Created on:
Jul 13, 2022
27 items
Summer Stride at SFPL bringing authors to you. Check out these books, then come check out these author live.
Genre Guide
Somewhere in Time historical fiction book club
Created on:
Sep 14, 2021
38 items
Do you enjoy some history with your fiction? Mark your calendar for the fourth Sunday afternoon of the month from 3:30 to 4:30 ...
2 likes
General Recommendations
The African American Experience: documentaries available to stream
By:
SFPL_Adults
Created on:
Jun 25, 2020
12 items
A selection of essential documentaries to educate, honor and celebrate the complexities of the African American experience. The...
General Recommendations
Season Of The Witch Read-Alikes
Created on:
Aug 05, 2015
29 items
Did you love SFPL's 2015 One City, One Book selection Season of the Witch? Here are a handful of similar items and tie-ins that...
2 likes
Topic Guide
Chinese American Interest
Created on:
Feb 06, 2015
12 items
Titles in Chinese history, politics, and culture, as well as Chinese American heritage. Selected by the SFPL International Center.
1 like
General Recommendations
SFPL-Chinatown Branch Library Staff Picks for Spring 2023
Created on:
Feb 24, 2023
20 items
Check out these Spring 2023 Staff Picks by Chinatown Branch Library staff. Your next great read is just around the corner!
General Recommendations
SFPL_Education Must Reads 2022
By:
3rdFloorManager
Created on:
Feb 09, 2022
10 items
Interesting books covering of interest topic on education.
Topic Guide
Black Lives Matter - An SFPL Watch List
By:
SFPL_LisaF
Created on:
Jul 19, 2016
16 items
A collection of documentaries and feature films that deal with some of the issues the Black Lives Matter movement is concerned ...
4 likes
Topic Guide
Butch/Femme: A Lesbian Tango - An SFPL Resource Guide
Created on:
Mar 09, 2016
13 items
These titles, both fiction and nonfiction, explore the butch/femme dynamic in lesbian relationships.
2 likes
Topic Guide
Black Gay Men - an SFPL LGBT Resource Guide
Created on:
May 13, 2015
26 items
These books and films explore the black gay male experience through literature and nonfiction.
5 likes
Topic Guide
SFPL's Most Disturbing Fiction
By:
SFPL_LisaF
Created on:
Feb 24, 2015
17 items
Looking to explore the dark side of humanity? Check out one of these books. WARNING: All of these books contain disturbing cont...
6 likes
Topic Guide
Japanese American Literature
By:
e
emmabridges1
Created on:
Jan 15, 2024
45 items
Other recommendations not currently owned by SFPL:
Haunted by Waters - Robert T. Hayashi
Nature Behind Barbed Wire - Connie Y....
General Recommendations
New and Noteworthy Biographies and Memoirs, Autumn 2023
By:
SFPL_PaulaH
Created on:
Oct 25, 2023
23 items
Selected from SFPL's General Collections & Humanities Center.
2 likes
General Recommendations
NoName Book Club Selections 2023
By:
SFPL_AACL
Created on:
Sep 28, 2023
18 items
Noname’s Book Club, started by rapper Noname (Fatimah Warner) is “an online/irl community dedicated to uplifting POC voices.” T...
2 likes
General Recommendations
¡VIVA! 2023: Prosperity, Progress and Pride: Music and Movies
Created on:
Jul 14, 2023
17 items
A collection of films and music from Latinx artists, available from SFPL to check out today!